Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
Cepon‐Robins T, Gildner T, Schrock J, Eick G, Bedbury A, Liebert M, Urlacher S, Madimenos F, Harrington C, Amir D, Bribiescas R, Sugiyama L, Snodgrass J. Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal Of Biological Anthropology 2019, 170: 65-74. PMID: 31260090, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoil-transmitted helminthsIntestinal inflammationImmune system developmentSTH exposureSTH infectionsSpecies of STHFC levelsSoil-transmitted helminth infectionsElevated intestinal inflammationIntestinal inflammatory responseAnti-inflammatory pathwayLow FC levelsInfection intensityHuman immune systemUninfected childrenFecal calprotectinRole of exposureInflammatory responseStool samplesTrichuris trichiuraT. trichiuraHelminth infectionsLifestyle changesInflammationImmune system