This was an ongoing rolling longitudinal study designed to evaluate immunity to malaria in children and is described elsewhere40 (link). Within this cohort, children were followed to 8 years of age with weekly follow-ups and annual cross-sectional surveys during which anthropometry measurements were made and blood samples were collected. Serum ferritin (Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay, Abbott Architect), hepcidin (DRG Hepcidin 25 (bioactive) High Sensitive ELISA kit (DRG International)), CRP (Multigent CRP Vario assay, Abbott Architect), hemoglobin (Coulter analyzer, Beckman Coulter) and malaria parasitemia (Giemsa-stained thick and thin blood films) were measured from blood samples collected at a single cross-sectional survey based on the availability of plasma samples archived at 80°C. Genotyping of hemoglobin types and α-thalassemia was conducted by PCR35 (link),36 (link) using DNA extracted with the Qiagen DNA Blood Mini kit (Qiagen).
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