Population Attributable Fraction of Anemia Associated with Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Children in Southern Malawi
| Autor: | Jenna E. Coalson, Doris P. Yimgang, Atupele Kapito-Tembo, Miriam K. Laufer, Don P. Mathanga, Lauren M. Cohee, Andrea G. Buchwald, Andy Bauleni, Jenny A. Walldorf, Terrie E. Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Wet season Malawi medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anemia 030231 tropical medicine Population 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Virology Internal medicine parasitic diseases Dry season Prevalence medicine Humans Malaria Falciparum Child education education.field_of_study business.industry Age Factors Articles medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Falciparum infection Attributable risk Etiology Female Parasitology Seasons business Malaria |
| Zdroj: | Am J Trop Med Hyg |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1120 |
| Popis: | Anemia is a leading cause of morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. The etiologies of anemia are multifactorial, and it is unclear what proportion of anemia is attributable to malaria in children of different ages in Malawi. We evaluated the population attributable fraction (PAF) of anemia due to malaria using multiple cross-sectional surveys in southern Malawi. We found a high prevalence of anemia, with the greatest proportion attributable to malaria among school-age children (5–15 years) in the rainy season (PAF = 18.8% [95% CI: 16.3, 21.0], compared with PAF = 5.2% [95% CI: 4.0, 6.2] among young children pooled across season [< 5 years] and PAF = 9.7% [95% CI: 6.5, 12.4] among school-age children in the dry season). Malaria control interventions will likely lead to decreases in anemia, especially among school-age children. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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