Helminth infection and eosinophilia and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 1- to 6-year-old children in a malaria endemic area

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bejon, Philip ^a,b   Mwangi, Tabitha W ^a   Lowe, Brett ^a   Peshu, Norbert ^a   Hill, Adrian V S ^b,c   Marsh, Kevin ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; MALARIA VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAZARD RATIO; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KENYA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 48949107714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000164     Document Type: Article

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