Effects of Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplements on Malaria Risk in Nulliparous Women in Burkina Faso: A Periconceptional, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial

Autor: Brian Faragher, Halidou Tinto, Dorine W. Swinkels, Sabine Gies, Salou Diallo, Yves Claeys, Adama Kazienga, Bernard J. Brabin, Sayouba Ouedraogo, Matthew Powney, Anneke Geurts-Moespot, Stephen A Roberts, Umberto D'Alessandro, Loretta Brabin

Publikováno v: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 218, 7, pp. 1099-1109
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 218, 1099-1109
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Gies, S, Diallo, S, Roberts, S A, Kazienga, A, Powney, M, Brabin, L, Ouedraogo, S, Swinkels, D W, Geurts-Moespot, A J, Claeys, Y, D'Alessandro, U, Tinto, H, Faragher, B & Brabin, B 2018, ' Effects of weekly iron and folic acid supplements on malaria risk in nulliparous women in Burkina Faso : A periconceptional, double-blind, randomized controlled noninferiority trial ', Journal of INfectious Diseases, vol. 218, no. 7, pp. 1099-1109 . https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy257

Weekly iron supplementation, given to young nulliparous women living in a malaria-endemic area, neither improved iron status nor increased malaria risk, suggesting that current iron recommendations may need revisiting for these women.
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https://hdl.handle.net/2066/195586