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Iron deficiency during infancy may reduce protective effect of vaccines – News-Medical.Net
Despite the fact that global immunization programmes are now reaching more people than ever, about 1.5 million children still die every year from diseases that vaccination could have prevented. Vaccination is also less effective in low-income countries than i…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jul 28 2020
Despite the fact that global immunization programmes are now reaching more people than ever, about 1.5 million children still die every year from diseases that vaccination could have prevented. Vaccination is also less effective in low-income countries than in high-income countries, although it is not yet clear why.
Babies have smaller iron reserves
Findings from two clinical studies with children in Kenya now suggest that iron deficiency during …
