[Incidence of malaria and S hemoglobinopathy in the pediatric hospital milieu in Bamako, Mali].
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.
Doumbo
O
O
Département d'Epidémiologie des Affections Parasitaires (DEAP), Ecole Nationale de Médecine et de Pharmacie du Mali (ENMP), Bamako.
Toure
A
A
Coulibaly
B
B
Koita
O
O
Traore
B
B
Dolo
A
A
Diallo
M
M
Diallo
A N
AN
Quilici
M
M
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D010641:Phenotype; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics
D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin