DIURNAL-VARIATION IN BODY-TEMPERATURE OF GAMBIAN CHILDREN

被引：11

作者：

SCHELLENBERG, JRMA ^{[1
]}

GREENWOOD, BM ^{[1
]}

GOMEZ, P ^{[1
]}

MENENDEZ, C ^{[1
]}

ALONSO, PL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MRC LABS,FAJARA,SENEGAL

来源：

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1994年 / 88卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/0035-9203(94)90416-2

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Measured fever often forms the basis for defining clinical malaria episodes in children from endemic areas. We measured body temperature every 3 h from 08:00 to 20:00 in 69 children aged 1-5 years during the malaria season in a rural area of The Gambia. Body temperature varied on average by more than one degree Celsius during the course of a day. Mean temperatures were lowest in the early morning and highest in the afternoon. There was a strong positive association between air temperature and body temperature. In highly endemic areas, researchers who use measured fever to assess clinical malaria episodes in population-based surveys should standardize the time of day at which temperature is assessed.

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页码：429 / 431

页数：3

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