Anaemia in hospitalised preschool children from a rural area in Mozambique: a case control study in search for aetiological agents
| Autor: | Llorenç Quintó, Helder Martins, Cinta Moraleda, Montserrat Renom, Delino Nhalungo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Sozinho Acácio, John J. Aponte, Ruth Aguilar, Ariel H. Achtman, Louis Schofield, Clara Menéndez, Augusto Nhabomba, Eusebio Macete, Pedro L. Alonso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Pediatrics Anèmia Rural Health 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors hemic and lymphatic diseases Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Children Mozambique 2. Zero hunger Sub-Saharan Africa 1. No poverty Anemia Iron deficiency 3. Good health Hospitalization Child Preschool Female Underweight medicine.symptom Infants Research Article medicine.medical_specialty 030231 tropical medicine Malària Anaemia 03 medical and health sciences VIH (Virus) Humans Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business.industry HIV (Viruses) Case-control study Infant HIV Odds ratio medicine.disease Malaria Vitamin A deficiency Malnutrition Logistic Models Case-Control Studies Multivariate Analysis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Etiology business |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname BMC Pediatrics |
| Popis: | Background: Young children bear the world’s highest prevalence of anaemia, the majority of which is of multifactorial aetiology, which in turn hampers its successful prevention. Even moderate degrees of anaemia are associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Despite this evidence, there is a lack of effective preventive programs and absence of consensus in the safety of iron supplementation in malaria areas, which reflects the poor understanding of the contribution of different aetiologies to anaemia. In order to reduce the anaemia burden in the most vulnerable population, a study to determine the aetiology of anaemia among pre-school Mozambican children was performed. Methods: We undertook a case–control study of 443 preschool hospitalized children with anaemia (haemoglobin concentration |
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