Birthweight in offspring of mothers with high prevalence of helminth and malaria infection in coastal Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-53

  Fairley, Jessica K ^a   Bisanzio, Donal ^b   King, Charles H ^c   Kitron, Uriel ^b   Mungai, Peter ^c   Muchiri, Eric ^d   King, Christopher L ^c   Malhotra, Indu ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Vector Borne Diseases   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTHER; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PREVALENCE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84872355320     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0371     Document Type: Article

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