Influence of host iron status on Plasmodium falciparum infection

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5 MAY, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Clark, Martha A ^a   Goheen, Morgan M ^a   Cerami, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron deficiency anemia; Iron supplementation; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; TRANSFERRIN; ZINC;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84904656232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00084     Document Type: Review

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