Malaria parasitemia and childhood diarrhea in a peri-urban area of Guinea-Bissau
| Autor: | Peter Aaby, I C Alvarenga, M S Jakobsen, Kåre Mølbak, Catia Vanessa Garcia Martins, Morten Sodemann |
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Diarrhea
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Urban Population Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia Antimalarials Virology parasitic diseases medicine Prevalence Parasite hosting Animals Humans Guinea-Bissau Early childhood Malaria Falciparum biology business.industry Case-control study Infant biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases El Niño Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Immunology Parasitology Female Seasons medicine.symptom business Malaria |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central Sodemann, M, Jakobsen, M S, Mølbak, K, Alvarenga, I C, Martins, C V G & Aaby, P 1999, ' Malaria parasitemia and childhood diarrhea in a peri-urban area of Guinea-Bissau ', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 336-8 . Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | To examine the association between diarrhea in early childhood and malaria parasitemia, we conducted a nested case-control study in Guinea-Bissau of 297 children with diarrhea and a similar number of children without diarrhea matched for age, season, and residential area. There were no associations between diarrhea and parasite rate, parasite density, or clinical malaria. However, anti-malarials were easily available and frequently used, which was reflected by a 0.7% prevalence of children with a parasite density > 100/200 leukocytes. Thus, the findings do not preclude that diarrhea may be a sign of clinical malaria or high-parasite density in endemic areas with lower use of antimalarials. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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