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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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 1290 - 1293
Main Authors Klinkenberg, Eveline, McCall, P J, Hastings, Ian M, Wilson, Michael D, Amerasinghe, Felix P, Donnelly, Martin J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Age Factors
Agriculture
anemia
Animals
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dispatch
Environmental aspects
Female
Ghana
Health aspects
Hemoglobins - metabolism
Humans
Infant
Keywords: malaria
Linear Models
Malaria
Malaria - blood
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - parasitology
Male
parasitaemia
Parasitemia - epidemiology
Parasitemia - parasitology
plasmodium
Plasmodium - growth & development
Prevalence
Social Class
Urban agriculture
Urban Population
Urbanization
Ghana
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1108.041095