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dc.contributor.authorFairley, Jessica K
dc.contributor.authorBisanzio, Donal
dc.contributor.authorKing, Charles H
dc.contributor.authorKitron, Uriel
dc.contributor.authorMungai, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMuchiri, Eric
dc.contributor.authorKing, Christopher L
dc.contributor.authorMalhotra, Indu
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11T05:57:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T09:20:02Z
dc.date.available2018-09-11T05:57:15Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T09:20:02Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1348
dc.description.abstractResults of studies on the associations of maternal helminth infection and malaria-helminth co-infection on birth outcomes have been mixed. A group of 696 pregnant women from the Kwale district in Kenya were recruited and tested for malaria and helminth infection at delivery. Birthweight was documented for 664 infants. A total of 42.7% of the mothers were infected with Plasmodium falciparum, 30.6% with Schistosoma haematobium, 36.2% with filariasis, 31.5% with hookworm, and 5.9% with Trichuris trichiura; co-infection was present in 46.7%. Low birthweight (LBW) (weight < 2,500 grams) was present in 15.4% of the offspring, and 8.3% had a weight z-score £ 2 SD below the World Health Organization mean. Only gravida, age, and locale had a significant association with LBW. The high prevalence of maternal infection coupled with a higher than expected percentage of LBW highlight a need for further investigation of the association of maternal co infection with LBW.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneen_US
dc.subjectMaternal helminth infection,Malaria-helminth co-infectionen_US
dc.titleBirthweight in offspring of mothers with high prevalence of helminth and malaria infection in coastal Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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