Malaria illness mediated by anaemia lessens cognitive development in younger Ugandan children

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boivin, Michael J ^a   Sikorskii, Alla ^b   Familiar Lopez, Itziar ^a   Ruiseñor Escudero, Horacio ^a   Muhindo, Mary ^c   Kapisi, James ^c   Bigira, Victor ^c   Bass, Judy K ^d   Opoka, Robert O ^e   Nakasujja, Noeline ^e   Kamya, Moses ^e   Dorsey, Grant ^f  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; NEVIRAPINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DRUG COMBINATION; FANASIL, PYRIMETHAMINE DRUG COMBINATION; PIPERAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; SULFADOXINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT RESPONSE; UGANDA; UGANDAN; AGE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COINFECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLINES; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFAMETHOXAZOLE DRUG COMBINATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84963812932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1266-x     Document Type: Article

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