2012
Nutritional risk factors for hookworm infection among school age children in the Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana
Humphries D, Simms B, Davey D, Otchere J, Quagraine J, Berg E, Newton S, Harrison L, Boakye D, Wilson M, Cappello M. Nutritional risk factors for hookworm infection among school age children in the Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana. The FASEB Journal 2012, 26: 1028.6-1028.6. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.1028.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHookworm infectionKintampo North MunicipalityRisk factorsInfection statusSchool-aged childrenNutritional risk factorsDietary risk factorsMalaria infection statusSignificant risk factorsDietary diversityDegree of stuntingLow-intensity infectionsChildren ages 6Recent dewormingClinical sequelaeResults PrevalenceHigh prevalenceFood groupsIntensity infectionsNutritional statusCross-sectional sampleHookwormInfectionAnemiaHAZ scores
2011
Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children
Sorensen WC, Cappello M, Bell D, DiFedele LM, Brown MA. Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children. Journal Of Global Infectious Diseases 2011, 3: 25-31. PMID: 21572605, PMCID: PMC3068574, DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.77292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGuatemalan school childrenBivariate analysisSchool childrenGlobal public health concernPrevalence of hookwormMultiple logistic regressionPublic health concernLow-intensity infectionsBaseline prevalenceSTH infectionsKato-KatzHelminth infectionsAnthropometric measuresAssociated epidemiologyInfectionLogistic regressionGuatemalan childrenHealth concernAnemiaChi-squareSignificant decreaseHemoglobinChildrenT-testInfection intensity