SynthesisThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Maternal Hookworm Infection and Its Effects on Maternal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Prevalence of hookworm infection and its proportion among pregnant women with intestinal helminth infection in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Modifiable risk factors for anemia in pregnancy: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of two brands of Mebendazole (500 mg) in the treatment of Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm infection among school-aged children in South Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a randomized open label trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- Maternal anemia in helminth-infected pregnant women: Dose-response with hookworm intensity and other risk factors in a Ugandan cross-sectional study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Geospatial risk prediction of hookworm infection and intensity among school-aged children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- The female reproductive tract-gut axis in gastrointestinal parasitic infection.PLoS pathogens · 2025Review
- Prevalence and intensity of intestinal and soil-transmitted helminths infection among children in internally displaced camps in Mogadishu Somalia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence, common helminthes, and factors associated with helminthes among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Exposure to Dengue Virus During Pregnancy: Incidence and Impact on Maternal and Child Outcomes.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Proteomic characterization and comparison of the infective and adult life stage secretomes from Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminthic infections and associated factors among pregnant women in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Determining the Effects of Pelleted Cranberry Vine Grains on the Ewe and Offspring during Pregnancy and Lactation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Accelerating action to reduce anemia: Review of causes and risk factors and related data needs.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2023Review
- Iron deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infection: classic and neglected connections.Parasitology research · 2022Review
- Bioactive Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Weapon to Counteract Zoonosis.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Altered Offspring Immunity in Maternal Parasitic Infections.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2022Review
- The role of helminths in the development of non-communicable diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Pregnancy Interventions to Improve Birth Outcomes: What Are the Effects on Maternal Outcomes? A Scoping Review.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- The yin and yang of human soil-transmitted helminth infections.International journal for parasitology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Hookworm is an intestinal parasite that infects nearly 230 million people, with another 5.1 billion at risk, especially in poverty-stricken tropical and subtropical regions. Pregnancy is an especially vulnerable time for hookworm infection because of its effect on both maternal and subsequently fetal health. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. The meta-analysis was performed on the association between maternal hookworm and maternal anemia, as well as maternal hookworm coinfection with malaria. The prevalence of hookworm ranged from 1% to 78% in pregnant women, whereas malaria prevalence ranged from 11% to 81%. Pregnant women with hookworm infection were more likely to have anemia (combined odds ratio [cOR] 2.55 [2.20, 2.96],
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