Determinants of Anemia in Schoolchildren in the Highland Bolivia
Washington R. Cuna, Ivonne Contreras, Armando Rodriguez, Roberto Passera, Celeste Rodriguez · 2024
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Cuna and co-authors hunt the causes of anemia in Bolivian schoolchildren in a 2024 study. They tested 229 children in rural highland La Paz, where gut parasites are common. Four in ten children proved anemic by blood counts. The team checked whether worms or single-cell parasites explained the low counts.
Parasite links mostly failed to show. Instead, pale red cells pointed to iron shortage as the main driver. About a quarter of tested children fit iron-short anemia, and a fifth fit inflammation-linked anemia. A small group fit both types at once, and that mixed group did tie to two worm species. The authors call for joint work on iron intake and parasite control.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Washington R. Cuna, Ivonne Contreras, Armando Rodriguez, Roberto Passera, Celeste Rodriguez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |