Hookworm anemia: iron metabolism and erythrokinetics.

A correlative study of the erythrokinetics and disturbances in iron metabolism associated with the anemia of rheumatoid arthritis.

In Ivorian school-age children, infection with hookworm does not reduce dietary iron absorption or systemic iron utilization, whereas afebrile Plasmodium falciparum infection reduces iron absorption by half.

BACKGROUND In sub-Saharan Africa, parasitic diseases and low bioavailable iron intake are major causes of anemia. Anemia results from inflammation, preventing iron recycling and decreasing dietary iron absorption. Hookworm, Plasmodium, and Schistosoma infections contribute to anemia, but their influence on dietary iron absorption and recycling is unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective was to measur...

Hookworm infections and human iron metabolism.

Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus are extremely common species of soil-transmitted helminth which flourish where poverty and malnutrition prevail. Hookworms contribute significantly to iron-deficiency anaemia, which remains one of the world's major nutritional problems, through the feeding activities of intestinal stages leading to chronic blood loss into the gut. In this article, a ...

Hookworm anemia in the adult population of Jagapati village, Bali, Indonesia.

A cross sectional study was conducted in Jagapati Village, Bali to assess some characteristics of hookworm anemia among the adult population. Hookworm anemia was defined as an iron deficiency anemia in heavily infected individuals (EPG > 2,000). WHO criteria for anemia and criteria of Hercberg for iron deficiency were used. In this study, 15 cases of hookworm anemia were found among 454 total s...

Acute Reversible Heart Failure in Severe Iron-Deficiency Anemia Associated with Hookworm Infestation

SEVERE iron-deficieney anemia associated with hookworm infestation is common in Uganda and during the year 1957, accounted for 114 or 5 per cent of all adult medical admissions, excluding pediatries, into Mulago Hospital.' It is not intended in this communication to enter into the controversy over the role of the hookworm in the causation of the anemia,2-5 but it can be stated at the outset tha...