title: The iron trap: iron, malaria and anemia at the mother-child interface.
abstract: Iron deficiency causes anemia, but prevents malaria for unknown reasons, thus hindering iron supplementation programs for mothers and children. Iron homeostasis is tightly regulated, including at the mother-fetus interface where iron-malaria relationships are complex. Improved iron status assays, and understanding of malaria protection mechanisms, are needed to manage these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kurtis
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Kabyemela
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.forename: Patrick E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Duffy
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy