OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anemia in nursery and primary school children and correlate parasite density with haemoglobin levels. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: Samples were collected from children attending the Saint Theresa's bilingual school and the Government Primary school, Buea, South West Province, Cameroon. SUBJECTS: 297 nursery and primary school children two to 11 years old selected based on parental consent. MAIN OUTOME MEASURES: Relationship between asymptomatic malaria and anaemia. RESULTS: The prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in children was 30.3%. Parasite prevalence and density was independent of age and sex (p > 0.05). The mean haemoglobin level for parasitaemic children was 11.9 g/dl (+/- SD1.1) compared with 12.1 g/dl (+/- 1.2) for non-parasitaemic children. The difference was not significant (t = 1.918, p > 0.05). Anaemia when present was mild. No correlation was found between malaria parasite density and haemoglobin levels (r = -0.065; p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Asymptomatic malaria was accompanied by low grade parasitaemia, which did not seem to have a significant effect on haemoglobin levels.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and anemia in nursery and primary school children and correlate parasite density with haemoglobin levels. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: Samples were collected from children attending the Saint Theresa's bilingual school and the Government Primary school, Buea, South West Province, Cameroon. SUBJECTS: 297 nursery and primary school children two to 11 years old selected based on parental consent. MAIN OUTOME MEASURES: Relationship between asymptomatic malaria and anaemia. RESULTS: The prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in children was 30.3%. Parasite prevalence and density was independent of age and sex (p > 0.05). The mean haemoglobin level for parasitaemic children was 11.9 g/dl (+/- SD1.1) compared with 12.1 g/dl (+/- 1.2) for non-parasitaemic children. The difference was not significant (t = 1.918, p > 0.05). Anaemia when present was mild. No correlation was found between malaria parasite density and haemoglobin levels (r = -0.065; p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Asymptomatic malaria was accompanied by low grade parasitaemia, which did not seem to have a significant effect on haemoglobin levels.
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