High prevalence of anemia but low level of iron deficiency in preschool children during a low transmission period of Malaria in Rural Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 489-496

  Bahizire, Esto ^a,b   Bahwere, Paluku ^b,c   Donnen, Philippe ^b   Tugirimana, P Lundimu ^d,e   Balol'Ebwami, Serge ^f   Dramaix, Michèle ^b   Nfundiko, Chouchou ^g   Chirimwami, Raphaël ^f   Mubagwa, Kanigula ^h  

^a Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^e Universite de Goma   (Congo)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^g National Program of Nutrition   (Congo)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85026854862     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0030     Document Type: Article

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