The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden estimations. Contemporary data on severe malaria risks among populations of different parasite exposures are scarce. Using surveillance data, we compared rates of paediatric malaria hospitalisation in areas of varying parasite exposure levels.

Methods

Surveillance data at five public hospitals; Jinja, Mubende, Kabale, Tororo, and Apac were assembled among admissions aged 1 month to 14 years between 2017 and 2018. The address of each admission was used to define a local catchment population where national census data was used to define person-year-exposure to risk. Within each catchment, historical infection prevale

SUBMITTER: Mpimbaza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature