Journal
HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 309-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2015.11.003
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Iron; Hepcidin; Anemia; Public health; Children; Infection; Malaria
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- Medical Research Council [MC_UU_12010/10, G0901149] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0901149, MC_UU_12010/10] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_UU_12010/10, G0901149] Funding Source: Medline
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Anemia is common among people living in low- and middle-income countries, and alleviation of the global burden of anemia is an essential global health target over the next decade. Estimates have attributed about half the cases of anemia worldwide to iron deficiency; a range of other causes probably make a similar overall contribution. Individuals living in low-income settings experience a simultaneous high burden of infection with inflammation and iron deficiency. At least in children, iron supplementation exacerbates the risk of infection in both malaria-endemic and nonendemic low-income countries, whereas iron deficiency is protective against clinical and severe malaria.
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