Between November and December 1987, 201 subjects from three communities of the Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, South-East Bolivia (Camiri, Boyuibe, and Gutierrez) were examined for serum iron levels. Sixty-three (31.3%) were iron deficient. There were no significant differences between males and females (37.2% and 26.9%, respectively) and among the three localities studied. Iron deficiency was highest in the 3- to 9-year-old age group and lowest in the 30- to 39-year-old group. Considering the prevalence in the same localities of infections by hookworms, Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides stercoralis, and Trichostrongylus, it is suggested that hookworms and possibly other intestinal parasites may be an important cause of the observed iron deficienc

Iron deficiency in an area of Bolivia and high prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis / Bartoloni, A; Cancrini, Gabriella; Roselli, M; Nicoletti, P; Pereira, L.. - In: PARASSITOLOGIA. - ISSN 0048-2951. - STAMPA. - 32:3(1990), pp. 335-338.

Iron deficiency in an area of Bolivia and high prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis.

CANCRINI, Gabriella;
1990

Abstract

Between November and December 1987, 201 subjects from three communities of the Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, South-East Bolivia (Camiri, Boyuibe, and Gutierrez) were examined for serum iron levels. Sixty-three (31.3%) were iron deficient. There were no significant differences between males and females (37.2% and 26.9%, respectively) and among the three localities studied. Iron deficiency was highest in the 3- to 9-year-old age group and lowest in the 30- to 39-year-old group. Considering the prevalence in the same localities of infections by hookworms, Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides stercoralis, and Trichostrongylus, it is suggested that hookworms and possibly other intestinal parasites may be an important cause of the observed iron deficienc
1990
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Iron deficiency in an area of Bolivia and high prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis / Bartoloni, A; Cancrini, Gabriella; Roselli, M; Nicoletti, P; Pereira, L.. - In: PARASSITOLOGIA. - ISSN 0048-2951. - STAMPA. - 32:3(1990), pp. 335-338.
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