RESUMO
In order to assess the prevalence of the traits of alpha- and beta-thalassaemia as well as of haemoglobin E among Indonesians a survey was conducted in Surabaya, a city of over 3 million inhabitants in one of the most densely populated areas of Indonesia. 450 medical students representing healthy adults were examined with the following results: 18 persons (4%) harboured the beta-thalassaemia trait and 28 (6.2%) had the Hb E trait giving a gene frequency of 0.0202 and 0.0315, respectively. 10 persons (2.2%) had the alpha-thalassaemia trait.
Assuntos
Hemoglobina E/análise , Hemoglobinas Anormais/análise , Talassemia/epidemiologia , Adulto , Cromatografia , Frequência do Gene , Hemoglobina E/genética , Humanos , Indonésia , Talassemia/diagnóstico , Talassemia/genéticaAssuntos
Doenças do Recém-Nascido/microbiologia , Meningite/microbiologia , Doença Aguda , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Meningite/complicações , Meningite/mortalidade , Meningite Pneumocócica/microbiologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologiaRESUMO
A survey on the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemic was performed in 1160 pediatric out-patients of the General Hospital in Surabaya. Criteria for anaemia were haemoglobin concentrations of less than 10, 11 and 12g% for the age groups of 6 months to 2 years (I), 2 to 5 years (II) and 5 to 12 years (III), respectively. Criteria for Fe-deficiency among the anaemic children were serum transferrin saturation of less than 16% and a bone marrow devoid of iron. In group I 12,8% of the children had Fe-deficiency anaemia, in group II 10,7% and in group III 7,6%. The over-all prevalence of anaemia was 14,2% and of iron deficiency anaemia 9,8%.
