Coincidence of malaria parasitaemia and abnormal chest X-ray findings in young Gambian children.
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.
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Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
Campbell
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O'Dempsey
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Greenwood
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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