The role of residential location in apparent helminth and malaria associations.
Conflicting opinions on the nature of malaria and helminth coinfections in humans have highlighted the need for a rational approach to study the effects of coinfections on morbidity. Here, it is argued that a variety of factors have led to this confusion but that many problems might be helped by more deliberate consideration of residential location and spatial aspects of exposure in parasitological surveys.
Booth
Mark
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Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB5 8QU, UK. mb350@cam.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology; D011634:Public Health; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors