The adverse consequences of heavy Trichuris infect

Authors: Gilman RH Chong YH Davis C Greenberg B Virik HK Dixon HB

Publish Date: 1983/01/01

Volume: 77, Issue: 4, Pages: 432-438

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RH Gilman YH Chong C Davis B Greenberg HK Virik HB Dixon The adverse consequences of heavy Trichuris infection Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 77 Issue 4 1983 Pages 432–438 https//doiorg/101016/0035920383901037Sixtyseven children with heavy Trichuris trichiura infection Group A were compared to 73 control children of similar socioeconomic status but with light or no T trichiura Group B for nutritional status rates of concomitant bacterial and protozoal and symptoms and clinical signs associated with heavy T trichiura infection Anoscopy was used to determine heavy T trichiura infection Measurements and physical examination were done on Group A on admission to and discharge from hospital 46 were seen on followup visit two to eight months later Children in Group B were seen only onceThere were significant differences for nutritional status p 0·01 and rates of bacterial and protozoal coinfection p 0·01 and a significantly greater rate of invasive amoebiasis in Group A After treatment nutritional parameters of Group A children improved significantly symptoms and clinical signs decreased and there was also a significant decrease in the rate of concomitant bacterial and protozoal infection Subgroups of Group A children with and without concomitant enteropathogens revealed that infection with Entamoeba histolytica and bacterial enteropathogens had had no significant impact on clinical and nutritional status

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