ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Anemia Among Children Exposed to Polyparasitism in Coastal Kenya.
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- Global prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia among children aged 5-12 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
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- Causes of pre and post-donation deferrals among blood donors, at Kwale Satellite Blood Transfusion Center, Kwale County, Kenya, 2018-2022.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Frequency of Gastrointestinal Parasites, Anemia, and Nutritional Status among Children from Different Geographical Regions of Bolivia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2023Article
- Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in Muyuka-Cameroon following implementation of control measures: a cross sectional study.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2021Article
- Anemia and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Children Born to Mothers with HIV in Western Kenya.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- Early Childhood Anemia in a Birth Cohort in Coastal Kenya: Links to Infection and Nutrition.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- High Prevalence of Anemia but Low Level of Iron Deficiency in Preschool Children during a Low Transmission Period of Malaria in Rural Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Can hemozoin alone cause host anaemia?Parasitology research · 2016Article
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Anemia represents a substantial problem for children living in areas with limited resources and significant parasite burden. We performed a cross-sectional study of 254 Kenyan preschool- and early school-age children in a setting endemic for multiple chronic parasitic infections to explore mechanisms of their anemia. Complete venous blood cell counts revealed a high prevalence of local childhood anemia (79%). Evaluating the potential links between low hemoglobin and socioeconomic factors, nutritional status, hemoglobinopathy, and/or parasite infection, we identified age < 9 years (odds ratio [OR]: 12.0, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.4, 33) and the presence of asymptomatic malaria infection (OR: 6.8, 95% CI: 2.1, 22) as the strongest independent correlates of having anemia. A total of 130/155 (84%) of anemic children with iron studies had evidence of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA), 16% had non-IDA; 50/52 of additionally tested anemic children met soluble transferrin-receptor (sTfR) criteria for combined anemia of inflammation (AI) with IDA. Children in the youngest age group had the greatest odds of iron deficiency (OR: 10.0, 95% CI: 3.9, 26). Although older children aged 9-11 years had less anemia, they had more detectable malaria, Schistosoma infection, hookworm, and proportionately more non-IDA. Anemia in this setting appears multifactorial such that chronic inflammation and iron deficiency need to be addressed together as part of integrated management of childhood anemia.
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