Iron deficiency and malaria mortality: Possible implication of invasive bacterial diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 748-

  Maltha, Jessica ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE; IRON;

BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE;

EID: 84864928856     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis522     Document Type: Letter

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