Iron deficiency and severe plasmodium falciparum malaria

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1145-1147

  Awah, Nancy W ^a   Kaneko, Akira ^b,c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BED NET; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GROWTH DISORDER; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SICKLE CELL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMA; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84859078491     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis020     Document Type: Note

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