A possible role for hepcidin in the detection of iron deficiency in severely anaemic HIV-infected patients in Malawi

• Minke H. W. Huibers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mhw.huibers@gmail.com

  Affiliations Global Child Health Group, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute of Global Health Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0310-3067

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• Job C. Calis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Child Health Group, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Theresa J. Allain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Sarah E. Coupland,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Pathology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Department of Pathology, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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• Chimota Phiri,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Kamija S. Phiri,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Dorine W. Swinkels,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Hepcidinanalysis.com, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Michael Boele van Hensbroek,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Child Health Group, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam Institute of Global Health Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Imelda Bates

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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