Iron status predicts malaria risk in Malawian preschool children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Jonker, Femkje A M ^a   Calis, Job C J ^a   van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^a   Phiri, Kamija ^b   Geskus, Ronald B ^c   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,d   Leenstra, Tjalling ^e,f  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALAWIAN; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865089856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042670     Document Type: Article

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