Iron deficiency during infancy reduces vaccine efficacy

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/ez-idd072820.php

News Release 28-Jul-2020
ETH Zurich


Despite the fact that global immunisation 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 infancy may reduce the protection that vaccinations provide.

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