Document 0018
 DOCN  M9590018
 TI    Anaemia and Plasmodium falciparum infections among young children in an
       holoendemic area, Bagamoyo, Tanzania.
 DT    9509
 AU    Premji Z; Hamisi Y; Shiff C; Minjas J; Lubega P; Makwaya C; Bagamoyo Bed
       Net Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
 SO    Acta Trop. 1995 Mar;59(1):55-64. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95305055
 AB    Although the aetiology of anaemia in tropical areas is multifactorial,
       Plasmodium falciparum malaria is commonly associated with anaemia in
       children living in holoendemic malaria areas. Such an association was
       examined in a population based study of 338 children 6 to 40 months of
       age living in the Bagamoyo area of Tanzania. Stepwise regression
       analysis showed that fever and parasitaemia were effective in predicting
       anaemia and that the anaemic condition was age dependent. The majority
       of the children were iron deficient, followed by normochromic macrocytic
       anaemias. There was strong evidence in this age group that the anaemia
       was associated with malaria and not geohelminth infection. The
       importance of malaria and anaemia as a cause of childhood morbidity in
       Africa is discussed. This condition has taken on new significance with
       the realization that blood transfusions commonly used to treat severe
       anaemia are a major vehicle for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
       transmission.
 DE    Age Factors  Anemia/BLOOD/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY  Child, Preschool
       Hematocrit  Human  Infant  Malaria,
       Falciparum/BLOOD/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Parasitemia  Prevalence
       Prospective Studies  Random Allocation  Regression Analysis  Risk
       Factors  Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.  Tanzania/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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