Soil-eating byAlouatta andAteles

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosei Izawa
Keyword(s):  
Soil Eating

Termite Soil Eating in Kirindy Sifakas (Madagascar): Proposing a New Proximate Factor

2005 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Norscia ◽  
Valentina Carrai ◽  
Brunello Ceccanti ◽  
Silvana M. Borgognini Tarli
Keyword(s):  
Proximate Factor ◽  
Soil Eating

Soil-Eating by Red Leaf Monkeys (Presbytis rubicunda) in Sabah, Northern Borneo

Biotropica ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Davies ◽  
I. C. Baillie
Keyword(s):  
Soil Eating ◽  
Presbytis Rubicunda ◽  
Leaf Monkeys

scholarly journals Acute- phase response and iron status markers among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Friis ◽  
Nyagosya Range ◽  
Camilla Brændgaard Kristensen ◽  
Pernille Kæstel ◽  
John Changalucha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Serum Ferritin ◽  
Transferrin Receptor ◽  
Acute Phase Response ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Soil Eating

Fe status is difficult to assess in the presence of infections. To assess the role of the acute- phase response (APR) and other predictors of serum ferritin and transferrin receptor, we conducted a cross-sectional study among pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients in Mwanza, Tanzania. The acute- (serum ferritin) phase protein, serum α1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) and serum ferritin and serum soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) were measured, and data on smoking, soil and alcohol intake, and infection status were collected. Linear regression analysis was used to assess the role of elevated serum ACT and other predictors of serum ferritin and serum sTfR. Of 655 patients, 81·2 % were sputum positive (PTB+) and 47·2 % HIV+. Mean serum ACT was 0·72 g/l, with 91·1 % above 0·4 g/l. Among females and males, respectively, geometric mean serum ferritin was 140·9 and 269·1 μg/l (P < 0·001), and mean serum sTfR 4·3 and 3·8 mg/l (P < 0·001). Serum sTfR was increased 0·5 mg/l and log serum ferritin increased linearly with serum ACT >0·4 g/l. PTB+ and HIV infection, alcohol drinking and smoking were the positive predictors of serum ferritin, and female sex, soil eating,Schistosoma mansoniand hookworm infection were the negative predictors. Similarly, smoking and HIV infection were the negative predictors of serum sTfR, and female sex, soil eating and PTB+ were the positive predictors. Serum ferritin and serum sTfR are affected by the APR, but may still provide information about Fe status. It may be possible to develop algorithms, based on the markers of the APR and Fe status, to assess the Fe status among the patients with tuberculosis or other infections eliciting an APR.

Perceptions of soil-eating and anaemia among pregnant women on the Kenyan coast

1999 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1069-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.W. Geissler ◽  
R.J. Prince ◽  
M. Levene ◽  
C. Poda ◽  
S.E. Beckerleg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Kenyan Coast ◽  
Soil Eating

Geophagy (Soil-eating) in Relation to Anemia and Helminth Infection among HIV–Infected Pregnant Women in Tanzania

2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Kawai ◽  
Wafaie W. Fawzi ◽  
Elmar Saathoff ◽  
Gernard Msamanga ◽  
Gretchen Antelman
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Helminth Infection ◽  
Soil Eating
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