Geohelminth infections protect against severe inflammatory diarrhoea in children

Abstract:

We investigated the risk of severe inflammatory diarrhoea associated with geohelminth parasites in 1746 children attending a rural hospital in Ecuador from December 2000 to July 2002. Infections with geohelminths were strongly protective against the risk of severe inflammatory diarrhoea. Our findings suggest that geohelminth infections have important protective effects against enteroinvasive infections in young children.

Año de publicación:

2003

Keywords:

• Enteric infections
• geohelminths
• diarrhoea
• Trichuris trichiura
• CHILDREN
• ECUADOR

Fuente:

scopus