TY - JOUR AU - Klinkenberg, Eveline AU - McCall, P.J. AU - Hastings, Ian AU - Wilson, Michael AU - Amerasinghe, Felix AU - Donnelly, Martin T1 - Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1290 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We investigated the prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors in children living in urban Ghana. Malaria prevalence was associated with low hemoglobin concentration, low socioeconomic status, and higher age. Our findings indicate that African urban poor are seriously affected by malaria and that irrigated agriculture may increase this risk. KW - Keywords: malaria KW - plasmodium KW - Urbanization KW - parasitaemia KW - anemia KW - Ghana DO - 10.3201/eid1108.041095 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/04-1095_article ER - End of Reference