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A longitudinal cohort study of soil-transmitted helminth infections during the second year of life and associations with reduced long-term cognitive and verbal abilities

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection leads to malnutrition and anemia, and has been linked to impaired child development. Previous research on this topic is limited and mostly conducted in school-age children. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of the number of detec...

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Autores principales: Blouin, Brittany, Casapia, Martin, Joseph, Lawrence, Gyorkos, Theresa W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30052640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006688