Malaria Infection Affects the Interpretation of Biomarkers of Iron and Vitamin A Status, Even After Adjusting for Systemic Inflammation, but Does Not Affect Plasma Zinc Concentrations
K. Ryan Wessells, Sonja Hess, Noel Rouamba, Zinewende Ouedraogo, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo & Kenneth Brown · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: To assess how asymptomatic malaria infection affects the interpretation of biomarkers of iron, vitamin A and zinc status after adjustment for elevated acute phase proteins (APP). Methods: Plasma ferritin (pF), transferrin receptor (sTfR), retinol binding protein (RBP)...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21049