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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Mortality and morbidity from malaria among children in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 81, No. 3, Year 1987
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Mortality and morbidity from malaria were measured among 3000 children under the age of 7 years in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa. Using a post-mortem questionnaire technique, malaria was identified as the probable cause of 4% of infant deaths and of 25% of deaths in children aged 1 to 4 years. The malaria mortality rate was 6·3 per 1000 per year in infants and 10·7 per 1000 per year in children aged 1 to 4 years. Morbidity surveys suggested that children under the age of 7 years experienced about one clinical episode of malaria per year. Calculation of attributable fractions showed that malaria may be responsible for about 40% of episodes of fever in children. Although the overall level of parasitaemia showed little seasonal variation, the clinical impact of malaria was highly seasonal; all malaria deaths and a high proportion of febrile episodes were recorded during a limited period at the end of the rainy season. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
Greenwood, Brian M.
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Bradley, A. K.
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Greenwood, Alice M.
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Byass, P.
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Jammeh, Kebba
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Marsh, Kevin
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Tulloch, Stevenson
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Oldfield, F. S.J.
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Hayes, Richard John
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Statistics
Citations: 658
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(87)90170-2
ISSN:
00359203
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Gambia