In Ivorian school-age children, infection with hookworm does not reduce dietary iron absorption or systemic iron utilization, whereas afebrile Plasmodium falciparum infection reduces iron absorption by half

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 462-470

  Glinz, Dominik ^a   Hurrell, Richard F ^a   Righetti, Aurélie A ^b   Zeder, Christophe ^a   Adiossan, Lukas G ^c   Tjalsma, Harold ^d   Utzinger, Jürg ^b   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^e   Wegmüller, Rita ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Hôpital Général de Taabo   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Absorption; Afebrile Plasmodium; Anemia; C te d'Ivoire; Hepcidin; Hookworm; Inflammation; Iron; Schistosoma haematobium; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERROUS CITRATE FE 58; FERROUS SULFATE FE 57; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AUTACOID; HAMP PROTEIN, HUMAN; IRON INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; AFEBRILE MALARIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IVORIAN (CITIZEN); MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRON INTAKE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HEPCIDINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON, DIETARY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 84928415246     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.090175     Document Type: Article

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