The impact of soil transmitted helminth on malaria clinical presentation and treatment outcome: A case control study among children in Bagamoyo district, coastal region of Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Nahya Salim Masoud (Author), Stefanie Knopp (Author), Nicole Lenz (Author), Omar Lweno (Author), Ummi Abdul Kibondo (Author), Ali Mohamed (Author), Tobias Schindler (Author), Julian Rothen (Author), John Masimba (Author), Alisa S Mohammed (Author), Fabrice Althaus (Author), Salim Abdulla (Author), Marcel Tanner (Author), Claudia Daubenberger (Author), Blaise Genton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Parasitic infectious agents rarely occur in isolation. Epidemiological evidence is mostly lacking, and little is known on how the two common parasites Plasmodium and soil transmitted helminths (STH) interact. There are contradictory findings in different studies. Syner...