Parasitic Infection among Young Children in Mwami Catchment Area, Chipata District, Eastern Zambia

TY - CONF

T1 - Parasitic Infection among Young Children in Mwami Catchment Area, Chipata District, Eastern Zambia

AU - Mukaire, Pamela E

AU - Katuli, Sozina D

AU - Ormsby, Gail

AU - Cordero-MacIntyre, Zaida

N1 - Objective: To assess the prevalence of malaria and intestinal parasitic infections, as well as hemoglobin levels in a sample of children. Methods: We screened for P. falciparum, Ascaris lumbricoides, helminthiasis, hookworms and hemoglobin levels from blood and stool samples collected among 138 children aged 2-7 years from five rural villages.

PY - 2013/1/1

Y1 - 2013/1/1

UR - https://research.avondale.edu.au/edu_conferences/11/

M3 - Presentation

ER -