Anemia among children exposed to polyparasitism in coastal Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1099-1105

  Cojulun, Alicia Chang ^a,b,c,d   Bustinduy, Amaya L ^a,b,c,d   Sutherland, Laura J ^a,b,c,d   Mungai, Peter L ^a,b,c,d   Mutuku, Francis ^a,b,c,d   Muchiri, Eric ^a,b,c,d   Kitron, Uriel ^a,b,c,d   King, Charles H ^a,b,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYA; KENYAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; POLYPARASITISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VENOUS BLOOD; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FILARIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84946779966     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0353     Document Type: Article

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