Real-time PCR demonstrates ancylostoma duodenale is a key factor in the etiology of severe anemia and iron deficiency in Malawian pre-school children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jonker, Femkje A M ^a   Calis, Job C J ^a   Phiri, Kamija ^b   Brienen, Eric A T ^c   Khoffi, Harriet ^b   Brabin, Bernard J ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^c   van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^a   van Lieshout, Lisette ^c  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PATHOGENICITY;

IRON;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84859199003     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001555     Document Type: Article

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