The global impact of childhood malnutrition is staggering. The synergism between
malnutrition and infection contributes substantially to childhood morbidity and mortality …

Abstract Globally, stunting affects approximately 149.2 million children under 5 years of age.
The underlying aetiology and pathophysiological mechanisms leading to stunting remain …

Stunting remains a major public health concern worldwide. Although its global prevalence is
slowly decreasing, the actual number of affected children is still rising in Sub-Saharan Africa …

Introducción. A pesar de la disminución de la pobreza en Perú, la prevalencia de la anemia
infantil en el país continúa siendo alta. Objetivo. Determinar los factores sociodemográficos …

Background By means of meta-analysis of information from all relevant epidemiologic
studies, we examined the hypothesis that Schistosoma infection in school-aged children …

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections of humans fall within the World Health
Organization's (WHO) grou** termed the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is …

Objective Current data on soil-transmitted helminth infections, anemia and malnutrition that
are largely neglected is vital to the control and management of them in a specific setting …

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over one billion people worldwide. Ascariasis may
mimic a number of conditions, and individual clinical diagnosis often requires a thorough …

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a family of immune cells that selectively accumulate in
mucosal tissues serving as sentinels at the vanguard of host protective immunity. However …

Background Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have long been an important public
health concern in the Philippines. In this review, we describe the current status of STH …