Relation between vitamin B12 and folate status, and hemoglobin concentration and parasitemia during acute malaria infections in Colombia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Caicedo, Olga ^a,b   Villamor, Eduardo ^c   Forero, Yibby ^d   Ziade, José ^e   Pérez, Pilar ^f   Quiñones, Francisco ^e   Arévalo Herrera, Myriam ^a,b   Herrera, Sócrates ^a,b  

^a Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^e Hospital de San Andrés   (Colombia)

^f Instituto Departamental de Salud   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anemia; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEMOGLOBIN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOMBIA; NARINO; TUMACO;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77249147803     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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