Impact of Helminth Infection during Pregnancy on Cognitive and Motor Functions of One-Year-Old Children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mireku, Michael O ^a,b,c   Boivin, Michael J ^d   Davidson, Leslie L ^e   Ouédraogo, Smaïla ^c,f   Koura, Ghislain K ^g   Alao, Maroufou J ^h   Massougbodji, Achille ⁱ   Cot, Michel ^c,j   Bodeau Livinec, Florence ^b,k,l  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mailman School of Public Health and the College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^g Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et Les Maladies Respiratoires   (France)

^h Hôpital de la Mère et de l Enfant Lagune de Cotonou   (Benin)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^k PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LEARNING COMPOSITE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOME OBSERVATORY MEASUREMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; RAVENS PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928782375     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003463     Document Type: Article

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