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1664. Maternal Hookworm Infection and Its Effect on Maternal/Child Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Hookworm is an intestinal parasite that infects 500 million people, with another 5.1 billion at risk, especially in poverty-stricken, tropical and subtropical regions. In 2005, an estimated 6.9 million pregnant women living in Sub-Saharan Africa were infected with hookworm, despite effor...

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Autores principales: Ness, Tara, Bedard, Kathryn R, Hotez, Peter J, Weatherhead, Jill
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809315/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1528

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