Open AccessAcute Otitis media, malaria and pyrexia in the under five age group
Author(s) -
Y B Amusa,
Titus A. B. Ogunniyi,
O. O. Onayade,
P A Okeowo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28205
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , incidence (geometry) , acute otitis media , pediatrics , cohort , otitis , parasitemia , blood smear , new delhi , surgery , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , pathology , physics , metropolitan area , optics
Acute Otitis media is one of the most common childhood infections. It is responsible for every third visit to a pediatrician in a developed world. However, in Nigeria there is scanty knowledge about the incidence of Acute Otitis Media (AOM).