ReviewParasitology research2022
Iron deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infection: classic and neglected connections.
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- Epidemic Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis - China, 2023-2024.China CDC weekly · 2026Article
- Environmental factors that regulate host-helminth interactions.Trends in parasitology · 2026Review
- Molecular taxonomic characterisation ofFrontiers in parasitology · 2026Article
- Chest pain and eosinophilia in a middle-aged female caused by hookworm infection: a case report.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Intestinal Helminth Infections and Their Association With Nutritional Status and Diarrheal Diseases Among School-Aged Children in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia.Journal of parasitology research · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and India.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Beyond Calories: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in the World's Most Vulnerable Communities-A Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary iron attenuatesVirulence · 2025Article
- Impacts of Metals on Infectious Diseases in Wildlife and Zoonotic Spillover.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Iron Deficiency Anemia.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
- Multiple Infections, Nutrient Deficiencies, and Inflammation as Determinants of Anemia and Iron Status during Pregnancy: The MINDI Cohort.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Demographic Characteristics and Low Iron Status Markers Are Associated with Hemoglobin Levels and Anemia among Children Living at High Elevation in Cusco, Peru.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- High-throughput detection of parasites and ova in stool using the fully automatic digital feces analyzer, orienter model fa280.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- The Relationship Between Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Environmental Factors in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Helminth Lessons in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD).Biomedicines · 2023Review
- An Epidemiological Survey of Intestinal Parasitic Infection and the Socioeconomic Status of the Ethnic Minority People of Moken and Orang Laut.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Editorial: Soil-transmitted helminth infections from a One Health perspective.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Soil-transmitted helminths detected from environmental samples in a campus of southern Brazil.Science in One Health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Beyond participating in the oxygen transport by red blood cells, iron is an essential micronutrient and contributes to different physiological pathways and processes, such as cell proliferation, DNA repair, and other homeostatic functions. Iron deficiency affects millions of people, especially children and pregnant women. The consequences of iron deficiency are diverse, including inadequate child development, impaired cognition, and reduced productivity. Several factors contribute to iron deficiency, such as iron-poor diet, genetic factors, and infection with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), especially roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale), and whipworms (Trichuris trichiura). This review updates and summarizes the role of STHs as drivers of iron deficiency. Also, the poorly explored connections between STH infection, geophagia (a pica manifestation), immune response, and iron deficiency are discussed, highlighting how iron deficiency may act as a risk factor for infections by STHs, in addition to being a consequence of intestinal parasitic infections. Finally, strategies for control and management of iron deficiency and STH infection are described.
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