PMID- 11414425
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011025
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0125-1562 (Print)
IS  - 0125-1562 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000 Dec
TI  - Effect of intestinal helminthiasis on nutritional status of schoolchildren.
PG  - 755-61
AB  - This study was conducted in a rural agricultural area in Siniloan, Republic of 
      the Philippines. The subjects were the school children. The nutritional status of 
      58 children infected with helminthiasis (Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris 
      trichiura) was compared with that of 19 uninfected controls. Prevalence of 
      Ascaris and Trichuris was 40.3% and 71.4% respectively, and 36.4% of infected 
      children had both Ascaris and Trichuris infections. Statistically significant 
      evidence of an adverse effect of helminthiasis on serum albumin levels was found, 
      but no child had inadequate levels of other nutrients. Although helminthic 
      infections increase the level of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in children endemically 
      exposed to these parasites, there was no significant difference in the serum IgE 
      among Ascaris or Trichuris infected groups in this study.
FAU - Yamamoto, R
AU  - Yamamoto R
AD  - Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Nishinomiya, Japan.
FAU - Nagai, N
AU  - Nagai N
FAU - Kawabata, M
AU  - Kawabata M
FAU - Leon, W U
AU  - Leon WU
FAU - Ninomiya, R
AU  - Ninomiya R
FAU - Koizumi, N
AU  - Koizumi N
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Thailand
TA  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
JT  - The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
JID - 0266303
RN  - 0 (Fatty Acids)
RN  - 11103-57-4 (Vitamin A)
RN  - 1406-18-4 (Vitamin E)
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Ascariasis/epidemiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Child
MH  - Fatty Acids/blood
MH  - Feces/parasitology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - *Nutritional Status
MH  - Parasite Egg Count
MH  - Philippines/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Trichuriasis/epidemiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Vitamin A/blood
MH  - Vitamin E/blood
EDAT- 2001/06/21 10:00
MHDA- 2001/10/26 10:01
CRDT- 2001/06/21 10:00
PHST- 2001/06/21 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/10/26 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/06/21 10:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000 Dec;31(4):755-61.