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SUBMITTER: Brabin L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5700548 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brabin Loretta L Roberts Stephen A SA Gies Sabine S Nelson Andrew A Diallo Salou S Stewart Christopher J CJ Kazienga Adama A Birtles Julia J Ouedraogo Sayouba S Claeys Yves Y Tinto Halidou H d'Alessandro Umberto U Faragher E Brian EB Brabin Bernard B
BMC medicine 20171123 1
<h4>Background</h4>Provision of routine iron supplements to prevent anaemia could increase the risk for lower genital tract infections as virulence of some pathogens depends on iron availability. This trial in Burkina Faso assessed whether weekly periconceptional iron supplementation increased the risk of lower genital tract infection in young non-pregnant and pregnant women.<h4>Methods</h4>Genital tract infections were assessed within a double blind, controlled, non-inferiority trial of malaria ...[more]