Article
[Incidence of malaria and S hemoglobinopathy in the pediatric hospital milieu in Bamako, Mali].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 2000
Doumbo O, Toure A, Coulibaly B, Koita O, Traore B, Dolo A, Diallo M, Diallo A N, Quilici M
Abstract excerpt
A study on the incidence and gravity of malaria among children suffering of sickle cell anemia was carried out in the pediatric hospital of Bamako-Mali. On the 236 cases of fever studied, 54.2% were malaria infected and 21.2% were carriers of the sicklemic trait. There was a significant differenc...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Fetal Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin SC Disease
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Hospitals, University
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Malaria
- Male
- Mali
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
- Sickle Cell Trait
