Maternal geohelminth infections are associated with an increased susceptibility to geohelminth infection in children: a case-control study.
Children of mothers infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) may have an increased susceptibility to STH infection.We did a case-control study nested in a birth cohort in Ecuador. Data from 1,004 children aged 7 months to 3 years were analyzed. Cases were defined as children with Ascaris lumbr...
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Main Authors: | Raaj S Mehta (Author), Alejandro Rodriguez (Author), Martha Chico (Author), Irene Guadalupe (Author), Nely Broncano (Author), Carlos Sandoval (Author), Fernanda Tupiza (Author), Edward Mitre (Author), Philip J Cooper (Author) |
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2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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