Sickle-cell disease in febrile children living in a rural village of Madagascar and association with malaria and respiratory infections

BACKGROUND: In Madagascar, the last study on sickle cell disease (SCD) was done in the early 1980s. The country is known as endemic for malaria and respiratory infections. The main objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of SCD; the secondary objective was to evaluate its association...

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Autores principales: Maeder, Muriel N., Rabezanahary, Henintsoa M., Zafindraibe, Norosoa J., Randriatiana, Martin Raoelina, Rasamoelina, Tahinamandranto, Rakotoarivo, Andry T., Vanhems, Philippe, Hoffmann, Jonathan, Bénet, Thomas, Rakoto Andrianarivelo, Mala, Rakoto-Alson, Olivat A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27980789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12878-016-0069-1

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