Meghna Desai

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Recognition of pallor associated with severe anaemia by primary caregivers in western Kenya
    M R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 7:831-9. 2002
  2. ncbi Randomized, controlled trial of daily iron supplementation and intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of mild childhood anemia in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    J Infect Dis 187:658-66. 2003
  3. ncbi Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood anemia in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    J Nutr 134:1167-74. 2004
  4. ncbi Factors associated with hemoglobin concentrations in pre-school children in Western Kenya: cross-sectional studies
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:47-59. 2005
  5. ncbi Relationship of measles vaccination with anaemia and malaria in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:1099-107. 2005
  6. ncbi Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy
    Meghna Desai
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Lancet Infect Dis 7:93-104. 2007
  7. ncbi Relation between the response to iron supplementation and sickle cell hemoglobin phenotype in preschool children in western Kenya
    Dianne J Terlouw
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 79:466-72. 2004
  8. ncbi Temporal trends of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) drug-resistance molecular markers in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from pregnant women in western Kenya
    Nnaemeka C Iriemenam
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329 4018, USA
    Malar J 11:134. 2012
  9. ncbi Malaria surveillance--United States, 2002
    Snehal Shah
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 53:21-34. 2004

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Recognition of pallor associated with severe anaemia by primary caregivers in western Kenya
    M R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 7:831-9. 2002
    ..To explore which pallor signs and symptoms of severe anaemia could be recognized by primary caregivers following minimal instructions...
  2. ncbi Randomized, controlled trial of daily iron supplementation and intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of mild childhood anemia in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    J Infect Dis 187:658-66. 2003
    ..The combination of IPT and iron supplementation was most effective in the treatment of mild anemia. Although IPT prevented malaria, the hematological benefit it added to that of a single dose of SP and bednet use was modest...
  3. ncbi Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood anemia in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
    J Nutr 134:1167-74. 2004
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  4. ncbi Factors associated with hemoglobin concentrations in pre-school children in Western Kenya: cross-sectional studies
    Meghna R Desai
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:47-59. 2005
    ..Prevention of severe anemia should start early in infancy and include a combination of micronutrient supplementation, malaria control, and possibly interventions against diarrheal illness...
  5. ncbi Relationship of measles vaccination with anaemia and malaria in western Kenya
    Meghna R Desai
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Trop Med Int Health 10:1099-107. 2005
    ..The objective of this paper was to determine if immunization with LAMV was associated with increased risk of transient anaemia and malaria infection...
  6. ncbi Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy
    Meghna Desai
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    Lancet Infect Dis 7:93-104. 2007
    ..Global risk maps will allow better estimation of potential impact of successful control of malaria in pregnancy...
  7. ncbi Relation between the response to iron supplementation and sickle cell hemoglobin phenotype in preschool children in western Kenya
    Dianne J Terlouw
    Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 79:466-72. 2004
    ..The benefits of iron supplementation are likely to outweigh possible risks associated with malaria in children with the HbAA or HbAS phenotype...
  8. ncbi Temporal trends of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) drug-resistance molecular markers in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from pregnant women in western Kenya
    Nnaemeka C Iriemenam
    Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329 4018, USA
    Malar J 11:134. 2012
    ..SP remains the recommended drug for intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) and information on population prevalence of the SP resistance molecular markers in pregnant women is limited...
  9. ncbi Malaria surveillance--United States, 2002
    Snehal Shah
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, CDC, USA
    MMWR Surveill Summ 53:21-34. 2004
    ..Recommendations concerning malaria prevention can be obtained from CDC by calling the Malaria Hotline at 770-488-7788 or by accessing CDC's Internet site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel...