High iron stores in the low malaria season increase malaria risk in the high transmission season in a prospective cohort of rural Zambian children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1531-1536

  Barffour, Maxwell A ^a   Schulze, Kerry J ^a   Coles, Christian L ^a   Chileshe, Justin ^b   Kalungwana, Ng'andwe ^b   Arguello, Margia ^a   Siamusantu, Ward ^c   Moss, William J ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Palmer, Amanda C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Tropical Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zambia)

^c National Food and Nutrition Commission   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Children; Ferritin; Inflammation; Iron; Malaria; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; RETINOL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; IRON STORAGE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZAMBIAN; AGE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORTIFIED FOOD; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85026666221     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.250381     Document Type: Article

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