[Mechanism of anemia seen in children living in the Amazon forest of Peru]. / Mécanisme de l'anémie observée chez les enfants vivant dans la forêt amazonienne du Pérou.

A recent study performed in 48 indian children (ranging to 2 to 10 years) from Peruvian Amazona emphasizes the high incidence of sideropenia as a mechanism of anemia. Indeed neither proteins loss or hemolysis was found in these patients. Sideropenia was secondary to iron loss closely related to parasitosis. Thus it could be hopeful to improve both quality of nutrition and life of such patients as well as treatment of parasitosis.