Malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth co-infection and its effect on anemia: A meta-analysis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 672-683

  Naing, Cho ^a,b   Whittaker, Maxine A ^a   Nyunt Wai, Victor ^b   Reid, Simon A ^a   Wong, Shew Fung ^b   Mak, Joon Wah ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Co infection; Helminths; Malaria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MEBENDAZOLE; SOIL;

ANEMIA; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOIL TRANSMITTED INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889017161     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt086     Document Type: Review

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