Ascaris lumbricoides infection: Still a threat for iron deficiency anaemia in 2-year-old Bangladeshi slum-dwelling children.

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Ascaris lumbricoides infection: Still a threat for iron deficiency anaemia in 2-year-old Bangladeshi slum-dwelling children.

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INTRODUCTION: Although parasitic infections lead to extracorporeal iron loss resulting in iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), data associating IDA with parasitic infections in the first two years of life are limited. We sought to evaluate the prevalence and severity of anaemia and IDA during this period and to investigate the association between intestinal parasitic infections and IDA. METHODOLOGY: Data was collected under MAL-ED study protocol in Bauniabadh slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The presence...

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2019-10-31

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Hossain, Md Shabab / Das, Subhasish / Gazi, Md Amran / Mahfuz, Mustafa / Ahmed, Tahmeed

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/59263

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Anaemia / Ascaris lumbricoides / Bangladesh / children / iron deficiency / parasitic infection / Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Animals / Ascariasis / Child, Preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Infant, Newborn / Male / Poverty Areas / Prevalence / Digestive Diseases / Pediatric / Infectious Diseases / 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment / Infection / Blood / 1108 Medical Microbiology / 1117 Public Health and Health Services

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