Anaemia caused by asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in semi-immune African schoolchildren

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 623-627

  Kurtzhals, Jørgen A L ^a,b,c,d   Addae, Mark M ^a   Akanmori, Bartholomew D ^a   Dunyo, Samuel ^a   Koram, Kwadjo A ^a   Appawu, Maxwell A ^a   Nkrumah, Francis K ^a   Hviid, Lars ^b,c  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Asymptomatic infection; Bone marrow; Ghana; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Schoolchildren; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GHANA; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033396898     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90073-1     Document Type: Article

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