Hookworm and other parasites that
strike children can have a synergistic effect that increases the risk of anemia
beyond the damage expected from having multiple parasitic infections, a study
in the Philippines
shows.
Researchers tested 507 children ages
7 to 18 for parasitic worms. Nearly all were infected with at least one, and
lab tests delineated mild, moderate and severe infestation based on the number of
worm eggs per gram of stool sample.
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