title: Malaria and irrigated crops, Accra, Ghana.
abstract: We investigated the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in children living in urban Ghana. Malaria prevalence was associated with low hemoglobin concentration, low socioeconomic status, and higher age. Our findings indicate that African urban poor are seriously affected by malaria and that irrigated agriculture may increase this risk.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Eveline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klinkenberg
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Felix P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Amerasinghe
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Donnelly
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016014:Linear Models; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000254:growth & development*; D015995:Prevalence; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins