Risk factors for gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated falciparum malaria
Risk factors for gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated falciparum malaria
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.1019
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发表时间:
1999-06-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
White, NJ
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作者:
Price, R;Nosten, F;White, NJ
The factors affecting the development of patent Plasmodium falciparum gametocytemia were assessed in 5,682 patients entered prospectively into a series of antimalarial drug trials conducted in an area of low and seasonal transmission on the western border of Thailand. Of the 4,565 patients with admission thick smear assessments, 110 (2.4%) had gametocytemia. During the follow-up period 170 (3%) of all patients developed patent gametocytemia, which in 89% had developed by day 14 following treatment. In a multiple logistic regression model five factors were found to be independent risk factors at presentation for the development or persistence of gametocytemia during follow up; patent gametocytemia on admission (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 7.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.7-16, P < 0.001), anemia (hematocrit