Associations between mild-to-moderate anaemia in pregnancy and helminth, malaria and HIV infection in Entebbe, Uganda
Open Access
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 101 (9) , 899-907
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.03.017
Abstract
Summary. It is suggested that helminths, particularly hookworm and schistosomiasis, may be important causes of anaemia in pregnancy. We assessed the associationKeywords
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