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Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique
Spatio-temporal modelling of weekly malaria incidence in children under 5 for early epidemic detection in Mozambique

Sci. rep; 8 (1), 2018
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. We present a malaria early warning system (MEWS) for Mozambique informed by seven years of weekly case reports of malaria in children under 5 years of age from 142 districts. A spatio-temporal model was developed based on explanatory c...

Relationship between haemoglobin and haematocrit in the definition of anaemia

Trop. med. int. health; 11 (8), 2006
Introduction: Anaemia is the most frequent haematological disorder in childhood. The notion that defines naemia does not change throughout life, although parameters used for its evaluation show significant variations during childhood. Haematocrit (Hct) (%) is usually defined as three times the value of h...