Incidence of malaria and S hemoglobinopathy in the pediatric hospital milieu in Bamako, Mali

A study on the incidence and gravity of malaria among children suffering of sickle cell anemia was carried out in the pediatric hospital of Bamako-Mali. On the 236 cases of fever studied, 54.2% were malaria infected and 21.2% were carriers of the sicklemic trait. There was a significant difference b...

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Published inMédecine tropicale Vol. 52; no. 2; p. 169
Main Authors Doumbo, O, Toure, A, Coulibaly, B, Koita, O, Traore, B, Dolo, A, Diallo, M, Diallo, A N, Quilici, M
Format Magazine Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.04.1992
Subjects
Anemia, Sickle Cell - complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology
Anemia, Sickle Cell - genetics
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fetal Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin SC Disease - complications
Hemoglobin SC Disease - epidemiology
Hemoglobin SC Disease - genetics
Hemoglobinopathies - complications
Hemoglobinopathies - epidemiology
Hemoglobinopathies - genetics
Hospitals, University
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Malaria - complications
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - parasitology
Male
Mali - epidemiology
Phenotype
Prospective Studies
Sickle Cell Trait - complications
Sickle Cell Trait - epidemiology
Sickle Cell Trait - genetics
Mali
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Summary:A study on the incidence and gravity of malaria among children suffering of sickle cell anemia was carried out in the pediatric hospital of Bamako-Mali. On the 236 cases of fever studied, 54.2% were malaria infected and 21.2% were carriers of the sicklemic trait. There was a significant difference between malaria affecting AA children and HbS children, specially concerning parasites load.
ISSN:0025-682X