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A Comparison of the Risk for Chronic Fascioliasis between Children 3 to 5 Years and Children 6 to 12 Years of Age in the Cusco Region of Peru

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dc.contributor.author Tanabe, Melinda B.
dc.contributor.author Caravedo, Maria A.
dc.contributor.author Morales Fernández, María Luisa
dc.contributor.author Lopez, Martha
dc.contributor.author White, A. Clinton
dc.contributor.author Baca-Turpo, Benicia
dc.contributor.author Arque, Eulogia
dc.contributor.author Cabada, Miguel M.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-04T23:00:54Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-04T23:00:54Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9769
dc.description.abstract School-age children bear the highest burden of fascioliasis in endemic countries. Few studies have addressed Fasciola in preschool children. We performed a secondary data analysis using two Fasciola databases from Cusco, Peru, comparing preschoolers with elementary school children. We included 2,630 children, 50% were female, the median age was 8.4 years (interquartile range [IQR] 6.1-10.5), and 15% (396/2,630) were < 5 years of age. Children < 5 years were less likely to be infected with Fasciola hepatica (P = 0.008) and Hymenolepis nana (P < 0.001) and more likely to have anemia (P < 0.001) and a lower median height for age Z (HAZ) score (P = 0.002). Fascioliasis was less common in younger children, but this group may be at higher risk for chronic complications caused by fascioliasis en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Risk en_US
dc.subject Chronic Fascioliasis en_US
dc.subject Children en_US
dc.subject Cusco en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.title A Comparison of the Risk for Chronic Fascioliasis between Children 3 to 5 Years and Children 6 to 12 Years of Age in the Cusco Region of Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1649
dc.relation.issn 1476-1645


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