The Burden of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
J Infect Dis
; 223(11): 1948-1952, 2021 06 04.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33057671
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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Malaria
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
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
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
J Infect Dis
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
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