2013
Hookworm Infection among School Age Children in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Nutritional Risk Factors and Response to Albendazole Treatment
Humphries D, Simms BT, Davey D, Otchere J, Quagraine J, Terryah S, Newton S, Berg E, Harrison LM, Boakye D, Wilson M, Cappello M. Hookworm Infection among School Age Children in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Nutritional Risk Factors and Response to Albendazole Treatment. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2013, 89: 540-548. PMID: 23836564, PMCID: PMC3771297, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKintampo North MunicipalityHookworm infectionCure rateSchool-aged childrenModest cure ratesSingle-dose albendazoleNutritional risk factorsLevels of antibodiesYears of ageAge childrenMalaria parasitemiaAlbendazole treatmentRisk factorsChildren 6InfectionInfection statusHealth careSignificant predictorsAnimal foodsHookwormAlbendazoleFurther investigationAgeChildrenLow consumption
2011
Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children
Sorensen WC, Cappello M, Bell D, DiFedele LM, Brown MA. Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children. Journal Of Global Infectious Diseases 2011, 3: 25-31. PMID: 21572605, PMCID: PMC3068574, DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.77292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGuatemalan school childrenBivariate analysisSchool childrenGlobal public health concernPrevalence of hookwormMultiple logistic regressionPublic health concernLow-intensity infectionsBaseline prevalenceSTH infectionsKato-KatzHelminth infectionsAnthropometric measuresAssociated epidemiologyInfectionLogistic regressionGuatemalan childrenHealth concernAnemiaChi-squareSignificant decreaseHemoglobinChildrenT-testInfection intensity