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 difference between malaria affecting AA children and HbS children, specially concerning parasites load.
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