Severe anemia in Papua New Guinean children from a malaria-endemic area: a case-control etiologic study.

BACKGROUND: There are few detailed etiologic studies of severe anemia in children from malaria-endemic areas and none in those countries with holoendemic transmission of multiple Plasmodium species. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We examined associates of severe anemia in 143 well-characterized Pap...

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Main Authors: Laurens Manning, Moses Laman, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Pascal Michon, Susan Aipit, Cathy Bona, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Timothy M E Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521670?pdf=render