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In individuals that have malaria, there is an elevation of serum ferritin which indicate that iron is increasingly locked in the stores. In these individuals also, soluble transferrin receptors are raised due to the rapid destruction of red red blood cell by the malaria parasite which provokes an increase in erythropoietic response
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This can greatly help in situation when the iron status of the population wants to be assessed, to try to factor in those infections that will affect the iron parameters
Perspectives
Malaria and geohelminthiasis continues to infect school children with some of the iron store parameters being significantly raised across the various infection groups including malaria only and geohelminthiasis only groups, with haemoglobin levels significantly reduced when compared to the control group. Anaemia caused by malaria is as result of iron sequestration in the storage compartment.
Josiah Bimabam
University of Buea/ Biaka University Institute Buea
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This page is a summary of: Malaria and Geohelminthiasis: Their Prevalence and Impact on Iron Stores Parameters of School Aged Children 5 to 10 Years in the Buea Municipality, Cameroon, International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, December 2018, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ijtdh/2018/45212.
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