2012
Nutritional risk factors for hookworm infection among school age children in the Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana
Humphries D, Simms B, Davey D, Otchere J, Quagraine J, Berg E, Newton S, Harrison L, Boakye D, Wilson M, Cappello M. Nutritional risk factors for hookworm infection among school age children in the Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana. The FASEB Journal 2012, 26: 1028.6-1028.6. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.1028.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHookworm infectionKintampo North MunicipalityRisk factorsInfection statusSchool-aged childrenNutritional risk factorsDietary risk factorsMalaria infection statusSignificant risk factorsDietary diversityDegree of stuntingLow-intensity infectionsChildren ages 6Recent dewormingClinical sequelaeResults PrevalenceHigh prevalenceFood groupsIntensity infectionsNutritional statusCross-sectional sampleHookwormInfectionAnemiaHAZ scores
1994
Increased CD4+ T cell‐dependent anti‐erythrocyte antibody levels following the onset of parasite egg production in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice
HUMPHRIES D, VELLA A, PEARCE E. Increased CD4+ T cell‐dependent anti‐erythrocyte antibody levels following the onset of parasite egg production in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice. Parasite Immunology 1994, 16: 469-477. PMID: 7838596, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00375.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected miceHemoglobin levelsSchistosome eggsNormal miceAnti-red blood cell antibodiesLower hemoglobin levelsChronic infectious diseasePlasma hemoglobin levelsParasite egg productionMembranes of RBCsIncreased CD4Cell antibodiesAntibody levelsSchistosomiasis mansoniAntibody responseSurface antigenAntibody productionPatent infectionsInfectious diseasesSchistosoma mansoniEgg productionMiceAnemiaAntibodiesCD4