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Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) causes considerable morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. Data on the prevalence and associated risk factors on malnutrition among VL patients in Ethiopia are scarce.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated risk factor among VL patients in Northwest Ethiopia...
...Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition in VL patients was very high and it was associated with intestinal parasitic infections.
Therefore, screening of severely malnourished VL patients for intestinal parasitic infections during admission is recommended.
Author: Bewketu MengeshaMengistu EndrisYegnasew TakeleKalehiwot MekonnenTakele TadesseAmsalu FelekeErmias Diro
Credits/Source: BMC Research Notes 2014, 7:75
Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) causes considerable morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. Data on the prevalence and associated risk factors on malnutrition among VL patients in Ethiopia are scarce.
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated risk factor among VL patients in Northwest Ethiopia...
...Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition in VL patients was very high and it was associated with intestinal parasitic infections.
Therefore, screening of severely malnourished VL patients for intestinal parasitic infections during admission is recommended.
Author: Bewketu MengeshaMengistu EndrisYegnasew TakeleKalehiwot MekonnenTakele TadesseAmsalu FelekeErmias Diro
Credits/Source: BMC Research Notes 2014, 7:75