2022
Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum infection among symptomatic patients presenting to a major urban military hospital in Cameroon
Hodson DZ, Mbarga Etoundi Y, Mbatou Nghokeng N, Mohamadou Poulibe R, Magne Djoko S, Goodwin J, Cheteug Nguesta G, Nganso T, Armstrong JN, Andrews JJ, Zhang E, Wade M, Eboumbou Moukoko CE, Boum Y, Parikh S. Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum infection among symptomatic patients presenting to a major urban military hospital in Cameroon. Malaria Journal 2022, 21: 298. PMID: 36273147, PMCID: PMC9588226, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04315-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP. falciparum infectionPopulation attributable risk percentFalciparum infectionPlasmodium falciparum infectionYears of ageClinical characteristicsUrban hospitalMilitary HospitalAttributable risk percentHigher positivity rateLikelihood ratioRapid diagnostic testsMajor urban hospitalRural African settingConclusionsThe prevalenceHigh feverSymptomatic patientsHemoglobin levelsAnemia prevalenceSevere anemiaEmergency departmentVenous samplesClinical surveyPositivity rateWHO definition
2016
Screening for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Using Three Detection Methods: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwestern Uganda.
Roh ME, Oyet C, Orikiriza P, Wade M, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Boum Y, Kiwanuka GN, Parikh S. Screening for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Using Three Detection Methods: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwestern Uganda. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 95: 1094-1099. PMID: 27672207, PMCID: PMC5094223, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesDiagnostic Tests, RoutineFemaleGene FrequencyGlucosephosphate DehydrogenaseGlucosephosphate Dehydrogenase DeficiencyHumansInfantMalariaMalaria, FalciparumMalaria, VivaxMalePoint-of-Care SystemsPrevalencePrimaquineRural PopulationSensitivity and SpecificityUgandaUrban PopulationConceptsG6PDd prevalenceGlucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencyDehydrogenase deficiencySingle-dose primaquinePlasmodium falciparum transmissionSouthwestern UgandaPlasmodium ovale infectionNegative predictive valueMonths of ageCross-sectional surveyViable screening testOvale infectionsDiagnostic modalitiesStandard quantitative assayLow prevalenceRadical curePlasmodium vivaxPredictive valueSectional surveyCare testScreening testPrevalenceSevere deficiencyPrimaquineEnzyme activityAsymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda - Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Roh ME, Oyet C, Orikiriza P, Wade M, Kiwanuka GN, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Parikh S, Boum Y. Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda - Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2016, 22: 1494-1498. PMID: 27434741, PMCID: PMC4982177, DOI: 10.3201/eid2208.160619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInsecticide-Treated BednetsMalariaMaleParasitemiaPrevalenceUgandaConceptsMicroscopy-positive samplesLow malaria transmission settingsInfectious Diseases journal - CDCAsymptomatic Plasmodium infectionsMalaria transmission settingsRapid diagnostic testsP. falciparum parasitesRoutine diagnostic testingP. ovale parasitesAsymptomatic childrenPlasmodium infectionPlasmodium malariaeP. malariaeTransmission settingsFalciparum parasitesDiagnostic testingDiagnostic testsMalariaeChildrenParasitesInfection