Low serum vitamin A is prevalent in underfive children with severe malaria and is associated with increased risk of death | Zendy

Olubunmi Adeola Lawal | Zendy; Samuel Ademola Adegoke | Zendy; Saheed Babatunde Oseni | Zendy; Oyeku Akibu Oyelami | Zendy

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Low serum vitamin A is prevalent in underfive children with severe malaria and is associated with increased risk of death

Author(s) -

Olubunmi Adeola Lawal,

Samuel Ademola Adegoke,

Saheed Babatunde Oseni,

Oyeku Akibu Oyelami

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9572

Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , confidence interval , cerebral malaria , hypovitaminosis , micronutrient , logistic regression , vitamin , vitamin d and neurology , physiology , gastroenterology , immunology , vitamin d deficiency , plasmodium falciparum , pathology

Micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent in developing countries and may influence vulnerability to diseases particularly malaria and its severity. This study investigated serum vitamin A profile of under-five children with severe malaria (SM) in South-western, Nigeria and to determine its association with degree of malaria parasitaemia, types of SM and eventual outcome.

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