Journal article
Major Burden of Severe Anemia from Non-Falciparum Malaria Species in Southern Papua: A Hospital-Based Surveillance Study
NM Douglas, DA Lampah, E Kenangalem, JA Simpson, JR Poespoprodjo, P Sugiarto, NM Anstey, RN Price
Plos Medicine | Published : 2013
Abstract
Background:The burden of anemia attributable to non-falciparum malarias in regions with Plasmodium co-endemicity is poorly documented. We compared the hematological profile of patients with and without malaria in southern Papua, Indonesia.Methods and Findings:Clinical and laboratory data were linked for all patients presenting to a referral hospital between April 2004 and December 2012. Data were available on patient demographics, malaria diagnosis, hemoglobin concentration, and clinical outcome, but other potential causes of anemia could not be identified reliably. Of 922,120 patient episodes (837,989 as outpatients and 84,131 as inpatients), a total of 219,845 (23.8%) were associated with ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
NMD was funded by the Rhodes Trust. RNP is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science (091625). NMA is supported by a NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship. The Timika Research Facility and Papuan Community Health Foundation are supported by AusAID. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.