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==Natural History== | |||
==Complication== | |||
Children with moderate and heavy intensity hookworm infections include:<ref name="pmid25821189">{{cite journal| author=Blair P, Diemert D| title=Update on prevention and treatment of intestinal helminth infections. | journal=Curr Infect Dis Rep | year= 2015 | volume= 17 | issue= 3 | pages= 465 | pmid=25821189 | doi=10.1007/s11908-015-0465-x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25821189 }} </ref> | |||
== | *[[impaired growth]] | ||
*deficits in [[intellectual]] and [[cognitive]] [[development]]. | |||
Women especially pregnant infected with hookworms include: | |||
[[ | *[[severe anemia]] | ||
*increased [[maternal morbidity]] and [[mortality]] | |||
*[[premature birth]] | |||
*[[neonatal anemia]] | |||
Revision as of 13:49, 14 August 2021
Natural History
Complication
Children with moderate and heavy intensity hookworm infections include:[1]
- impaired growth
- deficits in intellectual and cognitive development.
Women especially pregnant infected with hookworms include:
- severe anemia
- increased maternal morbidity and mortality
- premature birth
- neonatal anemia
- ↑ Blair P, Diemert D (2015). "Update on prevention and treatment of intestinal helminth infections". Curr Infect Dis Rep. 17 (3): 465. doi:10.1007/s11908-015-0465-x. PMID 25821189.