Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study

Raaj S. Mehta; Alejandro Rodriguez; Martha Chico; Irene Guadalupe; Nely Broncano; Carlos Sandoval; Fernanda Tupiza; Edward Mitre; Philip J. Cooper

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001753

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Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study

Raaj S. Mehta,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Alejandro Rodriguez,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Martha Chico,

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Irene Guadalupe,

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Nely Broncano,

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Carlos Sandoval,

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
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Fernanda Tupiza,

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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Edward Mitre,

Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Philip J. Cooper

* E-mail: P.J.Cooper@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Laboratorio de Investigaciones, Fundacion Ecuatoriana Para la Investigacion en Salud (FEPIS), Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Hospital “Padre Alberto Buffoni,” Quinindé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study

Raaj S. Mehta,
Alejandro Rodriguez,
Martha Chico,
Irene Guadalupe,
Nely Broncano,
Carlos Sandoval,
Fernanda Tupiza,
Edward Mitre,
Philip J. Cooper

Published: July 24, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001753

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