Baseline iron status and presence of anaemia determine the course of systemic Salmonella infection following oral iron supplementation in mice

Background: Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major health concern. However, preventive iron supplementation in regions with high burden of infectious diseases resulted in an increase of infection related morbidity and mortality. Methods: We fed male C57BL/6N mice with either an iron deficient or a...

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Main Authors: Alexander Hoffmann, David Haschka, Lara Valente de Souza, Piotr Tymoszuk, Markus Seifert, Laura von Raffay, Richard Hilbe, Verena Petzer, Patrizia L Moser, Manfred Nairz, Günter Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396421003613