Epidemiology of intestinal parasite infections and multiparasitism and their impact on growth and hemoglobin levels during childhood in tropical Ecuador: A longitudinal study using molecular detection methods

• Rojelio Mejia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Irina Chis Ster,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Infection and immunity, St George’s University of London, United Kingdom

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• Martha E. Chico,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

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• Irene Guadalupe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

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• Andrea Arévalo-Cortés,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

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• Andrea Lopez,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Aida Y. Oviedo-Vera,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador

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• Philip J. Cooper

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: pcooper@sgul.ac.uk

  Affiliations Institute of Infection and immunity, St George’s University of London, United Kingdom, Fundación Ecuatoriana Para Investigación en Salud, Quito, Ecuador, School of Medicine, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6770-6871

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