Soil-transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador.
Tara J Cepon-RobinsTheresa E GildnerJoshua SchrockGeeta N EickAli BedburyMelissa A LiebertSamuel S UrlacherFelicia C MadimenosChristopher J HarringtonDorsa AmirRichard G BribiescasLawrence S SugiyamaJames J SnodgrassPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2019)
These preliminary results provide limited support for our hypotheses, documenting tentative age- and species-specific associations between FC and infection status. Findings may point to the importance of species-specific STH exposure during immune system development.
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