title: Coincidence of malaria parasitaemia and abnormal chest X-ray findings in young Gambian children.
abstract: Weekly surveillance of Gambian children aged less than 5 years for both acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) and clinical malaria showed a high rate of coincidence between abnormal chest X-ray findings and high levels of malaria parasitaemia. Generalized interstitial X-ray changes were particularly associated with these cases of malaria parasitaemia. It is suggested that such ALRIs in these children may be attributable to malaria.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Byass
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: O'Dempsey
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005714:Gambia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology