Host iron status and iron supplementation mediate susceptibility to erythrocytic stage Plasmodium falciparum
Iron deficiency and malaria have similar global distributions, and frequently co-exist in pregnant women and young children. Where both conditions are prevalent, iron supplementation is complicated by observations that iron deficiency anaemia protects against falciparum malaria, and that iron supple...
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Published in | Nature communications Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 4446 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Nature Publishing Group UK
25.07.2014
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