Erschienen in:
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 8 (2003) 6, Seite 507-511
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01043.x
ISSN:
1360-2276;
1365-3156
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SummaryBoth malaria and protein–energy malnutrition (PEM) are highly prevalent in young children of sub‐Saharan Africa, and the association between PEM and malaria continues to be discussed controversially. We analysed the association between PEM, malaria morbidity and all‐cause mortality in a cohort of 709 children aged 6–30 months in a malaria holoendemic rural area of Burkina Faso. Study children were followed over the main malaria transmission period (June–December) in 1999 through longitudinal malaria surveillance complemented by three cross‐sectional clinical surveys. There was no association between PEM and malaria morbidity, but malnourished children had a more than two‐fold higher risk of dying than non‐malnourished children.