Old friends and friendly fire: Pregnancy, hookworm infection, and anemia among tropical horticulturalists.

Amy S Anderson AndersonBenjamin C TrumbleCarmen HovéThomas S KraftHillard KaplanMichael GurvenAaron D Blackwell

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)

Our findings are consistent with a possible trade-off between hookworm immunity and successful pregnancy, and with the suggestion that hookworm and pregnancy may have synergistic effects, particularly in the first trimester.

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