Comparative effects of vivax malaria, fever and diarrhoea on child growth
Author(s) -
Gwenyth Lee,
Pablo Peñataro Yori,
Maribel Paredes Olórtegui,
William Pan,
Laura E. Caulfield,
Robert H. Gilman,
John W. Sanders,
Hermann Silva Delgado,
Margaret Kosek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr190
Subject(s) - medicine , plasmodium vivax , malaria , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , diarrhea , pediatrics , cohort , weight gain , cumulative incidence , gastroenterology , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , body weight , physics , optics
The adverse impact of Plasmodium vivax on child health beyond acute febrile illness is poorly studied. The effect of vivax malaria on child growth was evaluated and compared with diarrhoeal disease and non-specific fever.
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