High Prevalence of Malaria Parasitemia and Anemia among Hospitalized Children in Rakai, Uganda

There is a paucity of data on malaria among hospitalized children in malaria endemic areas. We determined the prevalence, presentation and treatment outcomes of malaria and anemia among children in two hospitals in Rakai, Uganda. Children under five years hospitalized in Kalisizo hospital or Bikira...

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Vydané v:	PloS one Ročník 8; číslo 12; s. e82455
Hlavní autori:	Kiggundu, Valerian L., O'Meara, Wendy P., Musoke, Richard, Nalugoda, Fred K., Kigozi, Godfrey, Baghendaghe, Enos, Lutalo, Tom, Achienge, Marion K., Reynolds, Steven J., Makumbi, Fred, Serwadda, David, Gray, Ronald H., Wools-Kaloustian, Kara K.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	United States Public Library of Science 17.12.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Predmet:	Anemia Anemia - epidemiology Blood Blood Transfusion Blood transfusions Child Child health Child, Hospitalized - statistics & numerical data Child, Preschool Children Clinical outcomes Clustering Comorbidity Confidence intervals Consent Cough Demographics Diarrhea Diarrhea - etiology Enrollments Epidemiology Female Fever Fever - etiology Girls Health care facilities Health facilities Health sciences Hemoglobin Hemoglobins HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - mortality HIV tests Hospital facilities Hospital patients Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Illnesses Immunization Infant Infection Infections Infectious diseases Laboratories Malaria Malaria - epidemiology Male Medicine Microscopy Morbidity Mortality Parasitemia Parasitemia - complications Parasitemia - epidemiology Parasitemia - mortality Patient admissions Pediatrics Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence Public health Seizures Signs and symptoms Statistical analysis Transfusion Uganda - epidemiology Vaccines Vector-borne diseases Vomiting Womens health Uganda United States > US Kampala Uganda Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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