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The impact of host nutrition on gastrointestinal helminth populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. A. P. Bundy  and
M. H. N. Golden
D. A. P. Bundy
Affiliation:
Parasite Epidemiology Research Group, Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB
M. H. N. Golden
Affiliation:
Trace Element Research Group, Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, JM
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Summary

Malnutrition and helminth infection are amongst the most prevalent chronic conditions affecting human health globally. It is estimated that parasitic helminths infect more than 1 billion people, and that more than 2 million clinical cases occur each year (Peters, 1978; Walsh, 1984). Estimates of the incidence of clinical malnutrition suggest that between 5 and 8 million cases occur annually. In many parts of the developing world malnutrition and infection conjointly are the most serious health problem in children, acting as primary or more often as secondary factors in mortality (Puffer & Serrano, 1973). The impact on health is exacerbated because both conditions are chronic, are most common in growing children and, most importantly, tend to occur together in the same individuals (Pawlowski, 1984; Chandra & Newberne, 1977).

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Parasitology , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , December 1987 , pp. 623 - 635
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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