Longitudinal study of urban malaria in a cohort of Ugandan children: description of study site, census and recruitment
Longitudinal study of urban malaria in a cohort of Ugandan children: description of study site, census and recruitment
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Abstract Background Studies of reebok grün malaria in well-defined cohorts offer important data about the epidemiology of this complex disease, but few have been done in urban African populations.To generate a sampling frame for a longitudinal study of malaria incidence and treatment in Kampala, Uganda, a census, mapping and survey project was conducted.Methods All households in a geographically defined area were enumerated and mapped.Probability sampling was used to recruit a representative sample of children and collect baseline descriptive data for future longitudinal studies.
Results 16,172 residents living in 4931 households in a densely-populated community (18,824 persons/km2) were enumerated.A total of 582 households were approached with at least one child less than 10 years of age in order to recruit 601 children living in 322 households.At enrollment, 19% were parasitaemic, 24% were anaemic, 43% used bednets, and 6% used insecticide-treated nets.Low G6PD activity (OR = 0.
33, P = 0.009) and bednet use (OR = 0.64, P = 0.045) were associated with a skin of the flayed one decreased risk of parasitaemia.
Increasing age (OR = 0.62 for each year, P Conclusion Detailed surveys of target populations in urban Africa can provide valuable descriptive data and provide a sampling frame for recruitment of representative cohorts for longitudinal studies.Plans to use a multi-disciplinary approach to improve the understanding of the distribution and determinants of malaria incidence and response to therapy in this population are discussed.