Interactions between Gastrointestinal Nematodes and Malaria in a Cohort of Children in an Amazonian Village.
Most studies on nematode-malaria interactions were conducted outside of the Americas. The objective of the present study was thus to study the relation between malaria and nematodes in a cohort of children in an Amazonian village.



Odds ratios for intestinal nematode infections as an explanatory variable to malaria resistant vs. malaria sensitive were computed.



Ascaris lumbricoides was significantly more frequent in the 'resistant' malaria group than in the 'sensitive' one.



Despite its low statistical power, the present results find that Ascaris was associated with less malaria, as observed by a number of studies.
EPaT team (EA 3593), UFR de Médecine - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.|STRonGer Programme, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Aurélia
A
Stefani
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Marie
M
Cheuret
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Duc
D
N'Guyen
EPaT team (EA 3593), UFR de Médecine - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Stéphane
S
Simon
Département des Centres de Santé, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Paul
P
Brousse
EPaT team (EA 3593), UFR de Médecine - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.|STRonGer Programme, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.|INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC INSERM 1424), Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Bernard
B
Carme
EPaT team (EA 3593), UFR de Médecine - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.|STRonGer Programme, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.|INSERM, Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC INSERM 1424), Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Mathieu
M
Nacher
D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification
Ascaris lumbricoides; French Guiana.; GI nematodes; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; relapses