Malaria is an important cause of anaemia in primigravidae: Evidence from a district hospital in coastal Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-539

  Shulman, C E ^a,b   Graham, W J ^a,c   Jilo, H ^e   Lowe, B S ^b,d   New, L ^b   Obiero, J ^b   Snow, R W ^b,d   Marsh, K ^b,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Kilifi District Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Folate; Hookworm; Human immunodeficiency virus; Iron deficiency; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; KENYA; MALARIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029957931     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90312-0     Document Type: Article

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