Are iron-scavenging parasites protective against malaria?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 646-

  Dominguez Bello, Maria G ^a   Blaser, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; SCAVENGER;

CELL FUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEREDITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IRON; KENYA; MALARIA;

EID: 19744383743     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426946     Document Type: Letter

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