dc.contributor.author | Nkuo Akenji, T.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ajame, E.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Achidi, E.A. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Cameroon. | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-30T15:14:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-30T15:14:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nkuo Akenji, T.K. [et al.] (2002) An investigation of symptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anaemia in nursery and primary school children in Buea District Cameroon, CAJM Vol. 48, No. 1. Harare, Avondale: CAJM. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-9176 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4933 | |
dc.description | A CAJM journal article. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anemia in nursery and primary school children and correlate parasite density with haemoglobin levels.
Design: Cross sectional study.
Setting: Samples were collected from children attending the Saint Theresa’s bilingual school and the Government Primary school, Buea, South West Province, Cameroon.
Subjects: 297 nursery and primary school children two to 11 years old selected based on parental consent. Main Outome Measures: Relationship between asymptomatic malaria and anaemia.
Results: The prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in children was 30.3%. Parasite prevalence and density was independent of age and sex (p>0.05). The mean haemoglobin level for parasitaemic children was 11.9g/dl (±SD1.1) compared with 12.1g/dl (±1.2) for non-parasitaemic children. The difference was not significant (t=1.918, p>0.05). Anaemia when present was mild. No correlation was found between malaria parasite density and haemoglobin levels (r=-0.065; p>0.05).
Conclusion: Asymptomatic malaria was accompanied by low grade parasitaemia, which did not seem to have a significant effect on haemoglobin levels. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Children and Youth | en_GB |
dc.subject | Health | en_GB |
dc.title | An investigation of symptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anaemia in nursery and primary school children in Buea District Cameroon. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe | en_GB |