Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana

We investigated the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in children living in urban Ghana. Malaria prevalence was associated with low hemoglobin concentration, low socioeconomic status, and higher age. Our findings indicate that African urban poor are seriously affected by malaria and...

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Autores principales: Klinkenberg, Eveline, McCall, P.J., Hastings, Ian M., Wilson, Michael D., Amerasinghe, Felix P., Donnelly, Martin J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16102322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.041095
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author Klinkenberg, Eveline
McCall, P.J.
Hastings, Ian M.
Wilson, Michael D.
Amerasinghe, Felix P.
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spelling pubmed-33205082012-04-11 Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana Klinkenberg, Eveline McCall, P.J. Hastings, Ian M. Wilson, Michael D. Amerasinghe, Felix P. Donnelly, Martin J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We investigated the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in children living in urban Ghana. Malaria prevalence was associated with low hemoglobin concentration, low socioeconomic status, and higher age. Our findings indicate that African urban poor are seriously affected by malaria and that irrigated agriculture may increase this risk. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3320508/ /pubmed/16102322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.041095 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Klinkenberg, Eveline
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Wilson, Michael D.
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Donnelly, Martin J.
Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title_full Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title_fullStr Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title_short Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana
title_sort malaria and irrigated crops, accra, ghana
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320508/
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