Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children

Malaria and iron deficiency (ID) are common and interrelated public health problems in African children. Observational data suggest that interrupting malaria transmission reduces the prevalence of ID1. To test the hypothesis that malaria might cause ID, we used sickle cell trait (HbAS, rs334), a gen...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Muriuki, JM, Mentzer, A, Mitchell, R, Ndungu, F, Snow, R, Hill, A, Rockett, K, Kwiatkowski, D, Bejon, P, Williams, T, Atkinson, S, Et al.
स्वरूप: Journal article
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: Springer Nature 2021