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

Md. Shabab Hossain | Zendy; Subhasish Das | Zendy; Md. Amran Gazi | Zendy; Mustafa Mahfuz | Zendy; Tahmeed Ahmed | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Md. Shabab Hossain,

Subhasish Das,

Md. Amran Gazi,

Mustafa Mahfuz,

Tahmeed Ahmed

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11340

Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , medicine , iron deficiency , ferritin , ascariasis , gastroenterology , anemia , immunology , helminths

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.

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