@article {Mulenga:June 2005:0272-4936:87, author = "Mulenga, Modest", author = "Malunga, Phidelis", author = "Bennett, Steve", author = "Thuma, Philip E.", author = "Shulman, Caroline", author = "Fielding, Katherine", author = "Greenwood, Brian M.", title = "Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium falciparum malarial anaemia", journal = "Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health", volume = "25", year = "June 2005", abstract = "Many cases of severe malarial anaemia are clinically stable, but some can deteriorate rapidly. In a cross-sectional survey of 255 children with clinically stable malarial anaemia, 72 had severe anaemia (PCV les 15%) and 183 were moderately anaemic (PCV < 15–21%). Being female, or febrile, or a referral and having low parasitaemia or hepatomegaly were the risk factors for severe anaemia.", pages = "87-90(4)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/atp/2005/00000025/00000002/art00003" doi = "doi:10.1179/146532805X45674" }