Association between gastrointestinal tract infections and glycated hemoglobin in school children of poor neighborhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

• Main Authors: Nan Shwe Nwe Htun (Author), Peter Odermatt (Author), Ivan Müller (Author), Peiling Yap (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Christian Schindler (Author), Markus Gerber (Author), Rosa Du Randt (Author), Cheryl Walter (Author), Uwe Pühse (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Nicole Probst-Hensch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Low- and middle-income countries are facing a dual disease burden with infectious diseases (e.g., gastrointestinal tract infections) and non-communicable diseases (e.g., diabetes) being common. For instance, chronic parasite infections lead to altered immune regulatory networks, anemia, malnutrition...