title: [Association between malaria and anemia in an urban area with Plasmodium transmission: Mâncio Lima, Acre State, Brazil].
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of malaria-attributable anemia in the urban population of Mâncio Lima, Acre State, Brazil. This was a non-concurrent cohort study of 1,167 persons followed for the three months prior to the interview using data from the SIVEP-Malaria database. Anemia frequency and prevalence rates were calculated in patients with and without a recent history of malaria, according to target variables. 50.2% of the individuals were males, and 67.96% were 15 years or older. Overall anemia prevalence was 7.1%, higher in the 6 months to 5 years age bracket. Some 8.3% of men with a recent history of malaria presented anemia. Overall, prevalence of malaria-attributable anemia was negligible, except in men (2.4%) and the Cobal neighborhood (51.4%). The results showed that anemia prevalence was low and that malaria's contribution to anemia only existed in men and in specific geographic areas.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eder Ferreira de
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Felipe Monteiro de
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Gabriela da Silva
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alanderson Alves
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ramalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Monica da
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Silva-Nunes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors