Anemia in tuberculosis cases and household controls from Tanzania: Contribution of disease, coinfections, and the role of hepcidin

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) induces a systemic inflammatory state affecting iron homeostasis. Patients with TB often have additional comorbidities such as anemia which can result in poorer treat outcomes. We studied the contribution of anemia and the role of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin am...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS One
Hauptverfasser: Hella, Jerry, Cercamondi, Colin I., Mhimbira, Francis, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Stoffel, Nicole, Zwahlen, Marcel, Bodmer, Thomas, Gagneux, Sebastien, Reither, Klaus, Zimmermann, Michael B., Risch, Lorenz, Fenner, Lukas
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909902/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29677205
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195985
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