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SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2008

A review and meta-analysis of the impact of intestinal worms on child growth and nutrition.

Andrew Hall, Gillian Hewitt, Veronica Tuffrey, Nilanthi de Silva

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Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 169 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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169citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

169 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 369 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew HallCentre for Public Health Nutrition, University of Westminster, London, UK. a.hall04@westminster.ac.uk
Gillian Hewitt
Veronica Tuffrey
Nilanthi de Silva
University of Westminster · GBUniversity of Kelaniya · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than a half of the world's population are infected with one or more species of intestinal worms of which the nematodes Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the hookworms are the most common and important in terms of child health. This paper: (1) introduces the main species of intestinal worms with particular attention to intestinal nematodes; (2) examines how such worms may affect child growth and nutrition; (3) reviews the biological and epidemiological factors that influence the effects that worms can have on the growth and nutrition of children; (4) considers the many factors that can affect the impact of treatment with anthelmintic drugs; (5) presents the results of a meta-analysis of studies of the effect of treating worm infections on child growth and nutrition; (6) discusses the results in terms of what is reasonable to expect that deworming alone can achieve; (7) describes some important characteristics of an ideal study of the effects of deworming; and (8) comments on the implications for programmes of recommendations concerning mass deworming.

Indexed as

GrowthNutritional StatusAnthelminticsChildChild DevelopmentChild Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaChild Nutrition DisordersChild, PreschoolCognitionFemaleHumansInfantIntestinal Diseases, ParasiticMaleWeight GainAnthelmintics

Identifiers

PMID18289159
PMCPMC6860651
OpenAlexW2117654812

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