An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change.

This report describes a significant increase in the prevalence of hookworm infection in an area of Haiti where intestinal parasites are common, but hookworm has not been common. Changing environmental conditions, specifically deforestation and subsequent silting of a local river, have caused periodi...

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Autores principales: Lilley, B, Lammie, P, Dickerson, J, Eberhard, M
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9284389
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author Lilley, B
Lammie, P
Dickerson, J
Eberhard, M
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description This report describes a significant increase in the prevalence of hookworm infection in an area of Haiti where intestinal parasites are common, but hookworm has not been common. Changing environmental conditions, specifically deforestation and subsequent silting of a local river, have caused periodic flooding with deposition of a layer of sandy loam topsoil and increased soil moisture. We speculate that these conditions, conducive to transmission of the infection, have allowed hookworm to reemerge as an important human pathogen.
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spelling pubmed-26276502009-05-20 An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change. Lilley, B Lammie, P Dickerson, J Eberhard, M Emerg Infect Dis Research Article This report describes a significant increase in the prevalence of hookworm infection in an area of Haiti where intestinal parasites are common, but hookworm has not been common. Changing environmental conditions, specifically deforestation and subsequent silting of a local river, have caused periodic flooding with deposition of a layer of sandy loam topsoil and increased soil moisture. We speculate that these conditions, conducive to transmission of the infection, have allowed hookworm to reemerge as an important human pathogen. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC2627650/ /pubmed/9284389 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change.
title_full An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change.
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title_full_unstemmed An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change.
title_short An increase in hookworm infection temporally associated with ecologic change.
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