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On Hookworm Anemia
By EUGENE STRANSKY, M.D., AND FLORENCIO N. QuINTos, M.D. H OOKWORM anemia has been known since the construction of the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland in the years 1876-80. Perroncito’ observed that many Italian workers developed a severe and at times fatal anemia, with hookworm infestation. In the following decades hookworm anemia was called miner’s anemia because of its occurrence in deep humi...
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IT \\TAS DEMONSTRATED in previous p” that a major factor in tIle C tt1SttiO11 of the anemia associated with marked hookworm infection is the considerable intestinal l)locd less proclilcedI l)y the infection. It was also showii that, although d significant amount of iron contained in the lost blood is reai)Sori)e(l from the intestinal tract,1 sufficient iron may I)e lost to upset the 1)alaIlce a...
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Hookworm infections as well as other intestinal nematodiases are endemic in China. In this case, a 70-year-old male showed symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath, and both lower extremities edema. The diagnostic result was chronic renal insufficiency, chronic kidney disease (5th stage), and renal anemia at first. Then, he received treatment with traditional drugs. However, this treatm...
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anemia and evaluate the relationship of malaria and helminth infections on anemia status in Phan Tien village, a mountainous ethnic minority community in southern Vietnam. This longitudinal study was performed from April 1997 to 2000 by measuring the hemoglobin concentration of 2,767 people who participated in six annual surveys at the en...
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the degree of synergism between helminth species in their combined effects on anemia. METHODS Quantitative egg counts using the Kato-Katz method were determined for Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, and Schistosoma japonicum in 507 school-age children from helminth-endemic villages in The Philippines. Infection intensity was defined in three categories...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1947
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v2.1.63.63