Paradoxical associations between soil-transmitted helminths and Plasmodium falciparum infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 701-708

  Fernández Niño, Julián A ^a   Idrovo, Alvaro J ^b   Cucunubá, Zulma M ^c   Reyes Harker, Patricia ^a   Guerra, Ángela P ^c   Moncada, Ligia I ^a   López, Myriam C ^a   Barrera, Sandra M ^c   Cortés, Liliana J ^c   Olivera, Mario ^a   Nicholls, Rubén S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Colombia; Epidemiology; Helminths; Hookworm; Malaria

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; COMORBIDITY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

EID: 84867333679     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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