Concurrent helminthic infection protects schoolchildren with Plasmodium vivax from anemia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Melo, Gisely Cardoso ^c   Reyes Lecca, Roberto Carlos ^b   Vitor Silva, Sheila ^c   Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo ^c   Martins, Marilaine ^a,c   Benzecry, Silvana Gomes ^c   Alecrim, Maria das Graças Costa ^c,d   Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães ^a,c,d  

^a Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICHURIASIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HELMINTH; INTESTINE INFECTION; METABOLISM; PARASITEMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCHOOL; SURVIVAL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCHOOLS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955302124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011206     Document Type: Article

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