Reduced prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in iron-deficient Rwandan children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 563-567

  Danquah, Ina ^a   Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^b   Ignatius, Ralf ^c   Musemakweri, Andre ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Giardia duodenalis; Iron deficiency; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IRON;

ABSORPTION; BIOASSAY; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEFICIENCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MALE; PROCEDURES; RISK;

RWANDA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RWANDA;

EID: 84898049905     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12284     Document Type: Article

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