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Specifically, blood samples were analysed for Hb, plasma ferritin, soluble transferrin receptors, C-reactive protein, \u03b1\n                      <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                      -acid glycoprotein, retinol-binding protein, vitamin B\n                      <jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>\n                      and folate.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S136898001300222X_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\">\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>C\u00f4te d'Ivoire in 2007.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S136898001300222X_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\">\n                    <jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nine hundred and twenty-eight WRA and 879 pre-SAC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S136898001300222X_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In WRA, prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n                      parasitaemia (5 %) was low, but inflammation (34 %) was higher. Anaemia was a severe public health problem and prevalence differed by residency and eco-region. Inflammation-adjusted Fe deficiency was highest in urban areas (20 %). Nationally, folate deficiency was 86 %, higher in urban areas and varied by eco-region. Prevalence of vitamin B\n                      <jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>\n                      deficiency was low but higher in the rural areas and the north. Inflammation-adjusted vitamin A deficiency was very low (1 %). In pre-SAC, prevalence of inflammation (67 %) and\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n                      parasites (25 %) was high; the latter was associated with poverty, rural residency and higher ferritin concentrations. Anaemia was classified as a severe public health problem (72 %), and was higher in rural areas (76 %) and the north (87 %). A quarter of pre-SAC suffered from vitamin A deficiency (inflammation-adjusted) and prevalence of undernutrition was high.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S136898001300222X_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Prevalence of inflammation,\n                      <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>\n                      parasitaemia and micronutrient deficiencies were high in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, particularly in pre-SAC. Nutritional interventions should be accompanied by strategies to reduce exposure to infections.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s136898001300222x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,11]],"date-time":"2013-09-11T09:03:46Z","timestamp":1378890226000},"page":"2016-2028","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Prevalence and public health relevance of micronutrient deficiencies and undernutrition in pre-school children and women of reproductive age in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire, West Africa"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Fabian","family":"Rohner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Northrop-Clewes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andres B","family":"Tschannen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patrice E","family":"Bosso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Val\u00e9rie","family":"Kouassi-Gohou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juergen G","family":"Erhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mai","family":"Bui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael B","family":"Zimmermann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"CG Nicholas","family":"Mascie-Taylor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.ejcn.1601320"},{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref32","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2012) Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. http:\/\/www.who.int\/nutgrowthdb\/about\/introduction\/en\/index5.html (accessed October 2012)."},{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref27","volume-title":"Indicators for Assessing Vitamin A Deficiency and Their Application in Monitoring and Evaluating Intervention Programmes, WHO\/NUT\/96.10","year":"1996"},{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980012002819"},{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2004.71.25","article-title":"Reducing the burden of anemia in infants and young children in malaria-endemic countries of Africa: from evidence to action","volume":"71","author":"Crawley","year":"2004","journal-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg"},{"key":"S136898001300222X_ref11","unstructured":"Staubli-Asobayire F (2000) Development of a food fortification strategy to combat iron deficiency in the Ivory Coast. 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