Malaria clinical features and acute crisis in children suffering from sickle cell disease in resource-limited settings: a retrospective description of 90 cases

摘要

BackgroundThe prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) is extremely high in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite the high prevalence of this disease in our midst, there has been no report on the clinical features in the sickle cell pediatric population suffering from malaria in our midst.