Iron Status and Associated Malaria Risk among African Children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1807-1814

  Muriuki, John Muthii ^a   Mentzer, Alexander J ^b   Kimita, Wandia ^a   Ndungu, Francis M ^a   MacHaria, Alex W ^a   Webb, Emily L ^b   Lule, Swaib A ^c   Morovat, Alireza ^d   Hill, Adrian V S ^e   Bejon, Philip ^a,b   Elliott, Alison M ^c   Williams, Thomas N ^a,f   Atkinson, Sarah H ^a,b,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African children.; iron deficiency; Iron status; malaria risk

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; MALARIA VACCINE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UGANDAN; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UGANDA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UGANDA;

EID: 85055731270     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy791     Document Type: Article

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