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Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infection and use of different malaria control measures among primary school children in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Overview of attention for article published in Malaria Journal, December 2015
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Title
Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria infection and use of different malaria control measures among primary school children in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania
Published in
Malaria Journal, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12936-015-1009-4
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Baraka J. Nzobo, Billy E. Ngasala, Charles M. Kihamia

Abstract

Malaria is a public health problem in Tanzania affecting all age groups. It is known that school children are the age group most commonly infected with malaria parasites. Their infections are usually asymptomatic, go unnoticed and thus never get treated, result in anaemia, reduced ability to concentrate and learn in school and if fallen sick may lead to school absenteeism. Effective malaria control requires frequent evaluation of effectiveness of different malaria interventions. A cross-sectional study design involving 317 out of 350 school children aged 6-13 years from five primary schools within municipality was conducted. Multistage cluster sampling and simple random sampling methods were used to obtain primary school and study participants, respectively. Finger-prick blood samples were collected for Plasmodium parasite detection by malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) and haemoglobin level assessment by Easy Touch(®) GHb system machine. A questionnaire was administered to assess use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and anti-malarial drugs. The prevalence of asymptomatic malaria was 5.4 % (95 % CI 3.3-8.6 %) and anaemia was 10.1 % (95 % CI 7.2-13.9 %). School children aged 6-9 years were more affected by malaria than those aged 10-13 years. The proportion of ITNs used was 90.6 % (95 % CI 86.3-93.9 %) while that of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) was 71.9 % (95 % CI 66.2-77.1 %). Findings show existence of asymptomatic malaria and walking anaemia among primary school children in Morogoro municipality. The majority of school children reported use of ITNs and ACT for malaria control. These findings provide a rationale for using schools and school children to assess effectiveness of malaria interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Sri Lanka 1 <1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Unknown 200 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 16%
Student > Bachelor 26 13%
Researcher 20 10%
Student > Postgraduate 19 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 9%
Other 33 16%
Unknown 54 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 47 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 6%
Social Sciences 11 5%
Other 40 20%
Unknown 59 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 December 2020.
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#7,587,538
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Outputs from Malaria Journal
#2,255
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#113,769
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Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#53
of 147 outputs
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