High Frequency of Blackwater Fever Among Children Presenting to Hospital With Severe Febrile Illnesses in Eastern Uganda

• Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases Vol. 64; pp. 939 - 946
• Main Authors: Peter Olupot–Olupot, Charles Engoru, Sophie Uyoga, Rita Muhindo, Alex Macharia, Sarah Kiguli, Robert O. Opoka, Samuel Akech, Carolyne Ndila, Richard Nyeko, George Mtove, Julius Nteziyaremye, Martin Chebet, Elizabeth C George, Abdel Babiker, Diana Gibb, Thomas N. Williams, Kathryn Maitland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 19.01.2017
• Subjects: 06 Biological Sciences; 11 Medical And Health Sciences; ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE; African child; AFRICAN CHILDREN; Age Factors; Anemia; Biomarkers; blackwater fever; Child, Preschool; DELAYED HEMOLYSIS; Disease; Environmental health; Erythrocytes; FEATURES; Female; FOS: Biological sciences; FOS: Clinical medicine; Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Hemoglobin Disorders; Genetics; Global Impact of Arboviral Diseases; Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; haemoglobinopathies; Health Sciences; Hemoglobinopathies; hemoglobinuria; Humans; Immunology; Infant; Infectious Diseases; Internal medicine; Jaundice; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Major Article; malaria; Male; Medicine; Microbiology; Mutation; Parasitemia; PARENTERAL ARTESUNATE; Patient Outcome Assessment; Pediatrics; Phenotype; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymorphism, Genetic; Population; Prevalence; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Science & Technology; SEVERE FALCIPARUM-MALARIA; Severity of Illness Index; Sickle cell anemia; Sickle cell trait; Symptom Assessment; Transfusion Therapy; Uganda; Urinalysis
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix003