Anemia, Micronutrient Deficiencies, and Malaria in Children and Women in Sierra Leone Prior to the Ebola Outbreak - Findings of a Cross-Sectional Study

Autor: Faraja Chiwile, Mary H. Hodges, Elisa Dominguez, Nicolai Petry, Feimata Russel, Hannah Yankson, Mercedes de Onis, James P. Wirth, Aminata S. Koroma, Fabian Rohner, Bradley A. Woodruff, Setareh Shahab-Ferdows, Fatmata Sesay
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Male
Rural Population
Urban Population
lcsh:Medicine
Organic chemistry
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Disease Outbreaks
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Medicine and Health Sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Micronutrients
lcsh:Science
Vitamin A
Immune Response
Multidisciplinary
Anemia
Iron-Deficiency

Vitamin A Deficiency
Folate Deficiency
Nutritional Deficiencies
Anemia
Iron deficiency
Hematology
Vitamins
Micronutrient
Megaloblastic Anemia
Physical sciences
Chemistry
Child
Preschool

Micronutrient Deficiencies
Female
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Immunology
Folic Acid Deficiency
Sierra leone
Sierra Leone
03 medical and health sciences
Chemical compounds
Signs and Symptoms
Diagnostic Medicine
Internal medicine
Organic compounds
medicine
Parasitic Diseases
Humans
Vitamin B12
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Nutrition
Inflammation
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
lcsh:R
Infant
Newborn

Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
Hemorrhagic Fever
Ebola

medicine.disease
Tropical Diseases
Malaria
Vitamin A deficiency
Cross-Sectional Studies
Iron-deficiency anemia
Iron Deficiency
lcsh:Q
business
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 5, p e0155031 (2016)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: To identify the factors associated with anemia and to document the severity of micronutrient deficiencies, malaria and inflammation, a nationally representative cross-sectional survey was conducted. A three-stage sampling procedure was used to randomly select children
Databáze: OpenAIRE