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Both iron deficiency (ID) and malaria are common among African children. Studies show that the iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin is induced by malaria, but few studies have investigated this relationship longitudinally. We measured hepcidin concentrations, markers of iron status, and antibodies to malaria antigens during two cross-sectional surveys within a cohort of 324 Kenyan children ≤8years old...
The influence of age on the clinical presentation of severe malaria and especially on its 2 most commonly encountered manifestations, cerebral malaria and severe anaemia, has been retrospectively examined in 161 children (<16 years old) admitted to the paediatric department of Hopital Principal de Dakar from 1 January 1990 to 29 February 1996. They lived in Dakar and its suburbs, a region of Senegal...
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