Anaemia in Zanzibar
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 64 (4) , 601-606
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(70)90084-2
Abstract
In 1965–1966, 33·0% of 945 “normal, healthy” villagers living in a non-malarial part of Zanzibar, Tanzania, had less than 10 g. haemoglobin per 100 ml. blood. Necator americanus was a cause of anaemia, but S. haematobium was not, though both parasites were endemic. Anaemia was hypochromic and microcytic in type, and responded well to treatment with ferrous sulphate.Keywords
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