On the other hand, the upper limits of the reference intervals for serum transaminases, bilirubin, creatinine, urea, total protein and albumin in sera of the Ugandan children were higher than the corresponding values for a Caucasian pediatric population. While the lower limits of hemoglobin, hematocrit levels, mean corpuscular volume and platelet counts for the Ugandan children were found to be less than conventional reference values of Caucasisan children, the white blood cell count reference values were higher than the international intervals. Accordingly, 460 children (39.4%) of median age = 3 years were enrolled in the baseline study. From 1168 households, 460 children were selected for enrollment, while 600 (58%) were excluded because of either a history of fever in the previous 24 hours, presence of asexual malaria parasites in the peripheral blood or presence of fever. By a cross-sectional study, 1168 children from Iganga, a prospective site for clinical trials in Uganda, were screened. In this study, normal ranges for hematology and serum biochemistry in children aged 1 to 5 years in Uganda were determined. Keywords: Normal Intervals Reference Uganda Children Hematology Serum Biochemistry Iganga

Received 11 June 2013 revised 12 July 2013 accepted 31 July 2013 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

1Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda *Corresponding Author: University College of Natural Sciences, Kampala, UgandaДЈAfrican Malaria Network Trust, Dar-es Salaam, TanzaniaД¤Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), Lusaka, ZambiaД¬opyright В© 2013 Fred Kironde et al.

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