Infection and co-infection with helminths and Plasmodium among school children in Côte d'Ivoire: results from a National Cross-Sectional Survey.

• Main Authors: Richard B Yapi (Author), Eveline Hürlimann (Author), Clarisse A Houngbedji (Author), Prisca B Ndri (Author), Kigbafori D Silué (Author), Gotianwa Soro (Author), Ferdinand N Kouamé (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Thomas Fürst (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Giovanna Raso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Helminth infection and malaria remain major causes of ill-health in the tropics and subtropics. There are several shared risk factors (e.g., poverty), and hence, helminth infection and malaria overlap geographically and temporally. However, the extent and consequences of helminth-Plasmod...