The effect of malaria and intestinal helminth coinfection on birth outcomes in Kumasi, Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Yatich, Nelly J ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^b   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^c   Rayner, Julian C ^d   Ehiri, John E ^a   Turpin, Archer ^e   Stiles, Jonathan K ^f   Ellis, William O ^c   Jiang, Yi ^a   Williams, Jonathan H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^f MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; GHANA; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

EID: 74049159927     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0165     Document Type: Article

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