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Evaluation of Iron Deficiency As a Nutritional Adaptation to Infectious Disease: An Evolutionary Medicine Perspective

An evolutionary perspective suggests that iron deficiency may have opposing effects on infectious disease risk, decreasing susceptibility by restricting iron availability to pathogens, and increasing susceptibility by compromising cellular immunocompetence. In some environments, the trade-off betwee...

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Main Authors: WANDER, KATHERINE, SHELL-DUNCAN, BETTINA, McDADE, THOMAS W.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938201/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18949769
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.20839
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