The synergistic effect of concomitant schistosomiasis, hookworm, and trichuris infections on children's anemia burden

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ezeamama, Amara E ^a,b   McGarvey, Stephen T ^a   Acosta, Luz P ^c   Zierier, Sally ^a   Manalo, Dario L ^c   Wu, Hai Wei ^d   Kurtis, Jonathan D ^e,f   Mor, Vincent ^a   Olveda, Remigio M ^c   Friedman, Jennifer F ^e,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Effects Institute   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHILIPPINES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; TRICHURIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 48949118072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000245     Document Type: Article

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