@article{fdi:34369,
  title = {{M}alaria morbidity and mortality in children under three years of age on the coast of {B}enin, {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{V}elema, {J}.{P}. and {A}lihonou, {E}.{M}. and {C}hippaux, {J}ean-{P}hilippe and {V}an {B}oxel, {Y}. and {G}bedji, {E}. and {A}degbini, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}alaria morbidity and mortality were measured in a population of 1500 children under 3 years of age from {A}pril to {D}ecember 1989. {D}uring monthly home visits, an average of 26 children in 1000 had fever, of whom 15 had parasitaemia. {C}hildren less than 6 months old had significantly fewer fever episodes, whether associated with parasitaemia or not. {O}verall, prevalence of fever with parasitaemia rose steadily from {A}pril to {A}ugust, then decreased but reached a second peak in {N}ovember. {P}eaks coincided with the 2 rainy seasons in {A}pril to {J}une and {S}eptember to {O}ctober. {C}omparison with a control group demonstrated that children with parasitaemia exceeding 1000 infected red blood cells per microlitre of blood had fever significantly more often than children with lower levels of parasitaemia. {T}he average number of fever episodes per child per years was 2-4, and 33 % of these were estimated to be caused by malaria. {A}ll cause mortality was 26/1000/year and the malaria mortality rate was 8/1000/year. {M}alaria deaths were most frequent in the second year of life. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{PALUDISME} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {PREVALENCE} ; {MORBIDITE} ; {MORTALITE} {INFANTILE} ; {ENQUETE} ; {DEMOGRAPHIE} ; {ENFANT} {D}'{AGE} {PRESCOLAIRE} ; {MILIEU} {RURAL} ; {IMMUNOLOGIE} ; {INDICE} {PLASMODIQUE} ; {ACCES} {FEBRILE} ; {PARASITEMIE} ; {BENIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {85},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {430--435},
  ISSN = {0035-9203},
  year = {1991},
  DOI = {10.1016/0035-9203(91)90206-{E}},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:34369},
}