Life-Threatening Malaria in African Children: A Prospective Study in a Mesoendemic Urban Setting

BACKGROUND:The population exposed to malaria within African cities has steadily increased. However, comprehensive data on life-threatening malaria features and risk factors in children from urban areas with seasonal malaria transmission, such as in Bamako (Mali), are lacking. METHODS:Children admitt...

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Published in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 130 - 135
Main Authors:	Ranque, Stéphane, Poudiougou, Belco, Traoré, Abdoulaye, Keita, Modibo, Oumar, Aboubacar A, Safeukui, Innocent, Marquet, Sandrine, Cabantous, Sandrine, Diakité, Mahamadou, Mintha, Daouda, Cissé, Mahamadou B, Keita, Marouf M, Dessein, Alain J, Doumbo, Ogobara K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-02-2008 Philadelphia, PA Lippincott Hagerstown, MD Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Subjects:	Adolescent Anemia - parasitology Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Diseases of red blood cells Endemic Diseases Female Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Human protozoal diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Life Sciences Malaria Malaria, Cerebral - epidemiology Malaria, Cerebral - mortality Male Mali - epidemiology Medical sciences Parasitic diseases Prospective Studies Protozoal diseases Risk Factors Seasons Urban Population Mali Africa Human Protozoa Pediatrics Apicomplexa Protozoal disease Urban environment Malaria Anemia Critically ill Hemopathy Parasitosis Infection Plasmodium falciparum Mali Pernicious attack severe malarial anemia cerebral malaria Child
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