The association between malaria and iron status or supplementation in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sangaré, Laura ^a,b   Van Eijk, Anna Maria ^d   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^d   Walson, Judd ^a,c   Stergachis, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

AFRICA; ASIA; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; IRON; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RISK FACTORS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84895886164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087743     Document Type: Review

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