Title: Interactions between Gastrointestinal Nematodes and Malaria in a Cohort of Children in an Amazonian Village.
Authors: Stefani, Aurélia; Cheuret, Marie; N'Guyen, Duc; Simon, Stéphane; Brousse, Paul; Carme, Bernard; Nacher, Mathieu
Abstract: Introduction: Most studies on nematode-malaria interactions were conducted outside of the Americas. The objective of the present study was thus to study the relation between malaria and nematodes in a cohort of children in an Amazonian village.Methods: Odds ratios for intestinal nematode infections as an explanatory variable to malaria resistant vs. malaria sensitive were computed.Results: Ascaris lumbricoides was significantly more frequent in the 'resistant' malaria group than in the 'sensitive' one.Conclusions: Despite its low statistical power, the present results find that Ascaris was associated with less malaria, as observed by a number of studies.
Subjects: FRENCH Guiana; GASTROINTESTINAL system; NEMATODES; MALARIA; CHILDREN; NEMATODE infections; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; HELMINTHIASIS; LONGITUDINAL method; PROTOZOA; DISEASE incidence; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS
Publication: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2017, Vol 63, Issue 2, p144
ISSN: 0142-6338
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmw063

Interactions between Gastrointestinal Nematodes and Malaria in a Cohort of Children in an Amazonian Village.

Stefani, Aurélia; Cheuret, Marie; N'Guyen, Duc; Simon, Stéphane; Brousse, Paul; Carme, Bernard; Nacher, Mathieu