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Reduced risk for placental malaria in iron deficient women
BACKGROUND: Nutritional iron deficiency may limit iron availability to the malaria parasite reducing infection risk, and/or impair host immunity thereby increasing this risk. In pregnant women, there is evidence of an adverse effect with iron supplementation, but the few reported studies are strongl...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050778/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-47 |