Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study

BACKGROUND: Children of mothers infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) may have an increased susceptibility to STH infection. METHODS AND FINDINGS: 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 def...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Raaj S., Rodriguez, Alejandro, Chico, Martha, Guadalupe, Irene, Broncano, Nely, Sandoval, Carlos, Tupiza, Fernanda, Mitre, Edward, Cooper, Philip J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001753

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001753

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