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

Acute reversible heart failure in severe iron-deficiency anemia associated with hookworm infestation in Uganda Africans.

Real-time PCR Demonstrates Ancylostoma duodenale Is a Key Factor in the Etiology of Severe Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Malawian Pre-school Children

BACKGROUND Hookworm infections are an important cause of (severe) anemia and iron deficiency in children in the tropics. Type of hookworm species (Ancylostoma duodenale or Necator americanus) and infection load are considered associated with disease burden, although these parameters are rarely assessed due to limitations of currently used diagnostic methods. Using multiplex real-time PCR, we ev...

Hookworms, malaria and vitamin A deficiency contribute to anemia and iron deficiency among pregnant women in the plains of Nepal.

Anemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy are prevalent in developing countries, but their causes are not always known. We assessed the prevalence and severity of anemia and iron deficiency and their association with helminths, malaria and vitamin A deficiency in a community-based sample of 336 pregnant women in the plains of Nepal. Hemoglobin, erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP) and serum ferrit...

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...

Hookworm anemia: iron metabolism and erythrokinetics.

IT \\TAS DEMONSTRATED in previous p” that a major factor in tIle C tt1SttiO11 of the anemia associated with marked hookworm infection is the considerable intestinal l)locd less proclilcedI l)y the infection. It was also showii that, although d significant amount of iron contained in the lost blood is reai)Sori)e(l from the intestinal tract,1 sufficient iron may I)e lost to upset the 1)alaIlce a...