Figure 1.
Forest plot of the difference in haemoglobin (Hb) concentration among pregnant women uninfected with hookworm and women harbouring a light (1–1,999 eggs/gram) hookworm infection.
Standardised mean difference less than zero indicate lower Hb levels in lightly infected women compared to uninfected women. The diamond represents the overall pooled estimates of the effect of light hookworm infection on Hb.
Figure 2.
Forest plot of the difference in haemoglobin (Hb) concentration among pregnant women women harbouring a light (1–1,999 eggs/gram) hookworm infection and women harbouring a heavy (4,000+ eggs/gram) infection.
Standardised mean difference less than zero indicate lower Hb levels in heavily infected women compared to lightly infected women. The diamond represents the overall pooled estimates of the effect of heavy hookworm infection on Hb.
Table 1.
The impact of hookworm infection on haemoglobin concentration in pregnant women.
Table 2.
The impact of anthelmintic treatment (mebendazole (MBZ) or albendazole (ABZ)) on the health of pregnant women in the developing world.