2021
Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador
DeLouize A, Liebert M, Madimenos F, Urlacher S, Schrock J, Cepon‐Robins T, Gildner T, Blackwell A, Harrington C, Amir D, Bribiescas R, Snodgrass J, Sugiyama L. Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal Of Human Biology 2021, 34: e23590. PMID: 33749068, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnemia prevalenceBody mass indexImportant global health challengeGlobal health challengeAnemia preventionHemoglobin levelsMass indexAnemia ratesLow prevalenceRisk populationsAdult menAdult womenHealth challengesPrevalenceAnemiaAmerican indigenous populationsShuar of EcuadorSouth American indigenous populationsTotal sampleIndigenous populationsPopulation
2019
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