prevalence of anemia

Prevalence of anaemia in patients attending an outpatient clinic in western Rift Valley in Kenya during a low malaria season.

exerpt from the article I reviewed:

In all groups except adult males, more than half of the patients tested had haemoglobin values below the lower reference limits, suggesting that anaemia is widely present in this population even during the low malaria season. Only 5% of patients were positive for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Peripheral blood film examination suggested iron deficiency as the major cause of anaemia.

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