The Burden of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
J Infect Dis
; 223(11): 1948-1952, 2021 06 04.
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ABSTRACT
Despite evidence that older children and adolescents bear the highest burden of malaria, large malaria surveys focus on younger children. We used polymerase chain reaction data from the 2013-2014 Demographic and Health Survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo (including children aged <5 years and adults aged ≥15 years) and a longitudinal study in Kinshasa Province (participants aged 6 months to 98 years) to estimate malaria prevalence across age strata. We fit linear models and estimated prevalences for each age category; adolescents aged 10-14 years had the highest prevalence. We estimate approximately 26 million polymerase chain reaction-detectable infections nationally. Adolescents and older children should be included in surveillance studies.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Malaria
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Infect Dis
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos