Clinical malaria and the potential risk of anaemia among preschool-aged children: a population-based study of the 2015-2016 Malawi micronutrient survey.

Peter Austin Morton NtendaSosten ChilumphaEdward Tisungane MwenyenkuluJane Flora KazambweWalaa El-Meidany

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2019)

This study found that clinical malaria increased the risk of anaemia in PSC. Thus, elimination of malaria-causing parasites from the PSC's blood should be rapid and complete in order to prevent the progression of uncomplicated malaria to a chronic infection that can lead to the development of malaria-related anaemia.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
young adults
iron deficiency
cross sectional
trypanosoma cruzi