Search for dissertations about: "nutritional status and malaria"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words nutritional status and malaria.

2. 1. Relation of nutritional status, immunity, hemoglobinopathy and falciparum malaria infection

   Author : Alice Nyakeriga; Marita Troye-Blomberg; Thomas Williams; Clara Menendez; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Iron deficiency; nutrition; anthropometric indexes; malaria; hemoglobinopathies; immunity; Immunology; Immunologi;

   Abstract : The interaction between nutritional status and malaria disease is complex and often controversial. Nutritional deficiencies (macro- or micro-nutrient) are thought to lead to malnutrition with subsequent susceptibility to malaria infection. On the other hand severe malaria or repeated malaria infections lead to malnutrition. READ MORE

4. 2. Cerebral malaria in children in the highlands of Kenya : Aspects of pathogenesis and clinical presentation

   Author : Fabian Esamai; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Background: Malaria affects over 300 million persons in the world each year with a mortality of close to 2 million. In developing countries malaria has been endemic in the lowlands for centuries with no occurrence in the highlands above 2000 metres above sea level. READ MORE

5. 3. Fixed-dose chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine treatment of malaria : outcome and pharmacokinetic aspects

   Author : Celestino Obua; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: A pre-packaged fixed-dose formulation of chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SIP) combination (Homapak) is widely used for the treatment of falciparum malaria in the Home Based Management of Fevers program for Ugandan children. Until the present study, the efficacy, pharmacokinetics and drug interactions of the dose regimen of the product were not known. READ MORE