Increased frequency of malaria attacks in subjects co-infected by intestinal worms and Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 97 (2) , 198-199
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90117-9
Abstract
The influence of intestinal worm infections on malaria was studied in individuals from Dielmo, Senegal in 1998. Results suggest that, compared with those infected, individuals free of helminths had the same degree of protection against malaria as that provided by sickle-cell trait, the most potent factor of resistance to malaria identified to date.Keywords
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