Re-visiting Trichuris trichiura intensity thresholds based on anemia during pregnancy.

• Main Authors: Theresa W Gyorkos (Author), Nicolas L Gilbert (Author), Renée Larocque (Author), Martín Casapía (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The intensity categories, or thresholds, currently used for Trichuris trichiura (ie. epg intensities of 1-999 (light); 1,000-9,999 epg (moderate), and ≥ 10,000 epg (heavy)) were developed in the 1980s, when there were little epidemiological data available on dose-response relationships. This study w...