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

Baca-Turpo, Benicia; Caravedo, Maria A.; White, A. Clinton; Tanabe, Melinda B.; Lopez, Martha; Morales Fernández, María Luisa; Arque, Eulogia; Cabada, Miguel M.

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.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.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645