Nutritional status in parasitized and nonparasitized children from two districts of buenos aires, Argentina

Orden, Alicia Bibiana; Apezteguía, María; Ciarmela, María Laura; Molina, Nora Beatriz; Pezzani, Betina Cecilia; Rosa, Diana Esther; Minvielle, Marta Cecilia

doi:10.1002/ajhb.22479

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“…During these formative years, children experience the greatest vulnerability to insults from GI parasitic infections and even minor disruptions can have long-term implications for growth and cognitive developmental outcomes [14]. Current evidence confirms that GI parasitic infections are common in younger children living in endemic areas [15].…”

Section: Preschool Age Childrenmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Early childhood is marked by critical stages of growth and cognitive development, which involve attainment of skills important to cognitive ability acquired through competence in developmental domains [14]. During these formative years, children experience the greatest vulnerability to insults from GI parasitic infections and even minor disruptions can have long-term implications for growth and cognitive developmental outcomes [14].…”

Section: Preschool Age Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These include sensor-motor, cognitivelanguage, and social-emotional function [9]. Acquisition of skills and competence through developmental domains is foundational for future academic success [14]. Notably, school readiness and academic success are influenced by competence across all developmental domains.…”

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, children between 12 and 24 months of age are especially vulnerable to insults from GI parasitic infections owing to critical stages of growth and development characteristic of this age, including rapid brain growth [11,14]. During this time, children infected with GI parasites are at risk for disruption of developmental processess [11,14]. Early childhood development is also comprised of specific domains involving attainment of functional skills and competencies.…”

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, failure to account for external influences can substantially impede clear identification of developmental domains being affected [14]. Moreover, children between 12 and 24 months of age are especially vulnerable to insults from GI parasitic infections owing to critical stages of growth and development characteristic of this age, including rapid brain growth [11,14].…”

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Invited Commentary on Growth and Development in Children with Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections

Bryan

Mejia

2015

Curr Trop Med Rep

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Gastrointestinal parasites including soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworms-Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale), Strongyloides stercoralis, and intestinal protozoa (Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis, and Entamoeba histolytica) are among the most widespread infectious organisms disproportionately affecting children worldwide. Economically disadvantaged children living in resource limited areas of developing countries are at greatest risk for recurrent gastrointestinal parasitic infections. Infected children often suffer significant morbidity impacting growth outcomes, school attendance, and academic achievement. Consequently, morbidity imposed by disease burden associated with gastrointestinal parasitic infections can have long-term implications impeding educational success and future productivity furthering conditions of poverty. It follows that these infections are an important public health concern related to child health outcomes worldwide. The objective of this review is to highlight fundamental aspects of childhood growth and development essential for the investigation and further understanding of morbidity associated with gastrointestinal parasitic infections in children.

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Section: Preschool Age Childrenmentioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Preschool Age Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Early Child Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Invited Commentary on Growth and Development in Children with Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections

Bryan

Mejia

2015

Curr Trop Med Rep

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Health and disease: Exploring the relation between parasitic infections, child nutrition status, and markets

Tanner

Team²

2014

American J Phys Anthropol

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Research in bioarchaeology and among living people provides insight into the biological and biocultural consequences of subsistence, political, and economic transitions. Central to this effort is examining infectious disease, such as diarrheal disease, respiratory infections, and parasitic infections because they are an important source of nutritional and energetic stress in both past and current groups. Although infection may not always result in overt disease, frequent exposure results in biological stress with a negative effect on child growth and, by extension, health. The goal of this article is to examine the association between a common class of infectious disease, soil-transmitted helminth worms, and nutritional status among youth living in communities that vary with respect to their distance from a commercial center. In 2007, anthropometric measurements and parasitological surveys were collected for 338 2-14-year-old children and adolescents living in lowland Bolivia as part of the Tsimane' Amazonian Panel Study. Associations between the presence of helminth infections and markers of both short- and long-term nutritional status were overall weak. Youth living in communities distant from the commercial center were more likely to be positive for multiple parasite species than youth in near communities, but youth in mid-distance communities had lower infection rates. This article demonstrates the challenge of identifying associations between nutritional and disease stress when individual and household factors are nested in a larger context of socioeconomic and environmental change. Increased collaboration between bioarchaeology and human biology should continue to examine the connections between stress and disease across time.

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Bibliometric analysis of scientific literature on intestinal parasites in Argentina during the period 1985–2014

Basualdo

Grenóvero

Bertucci

et al. 2016

Revista Argentina de Microbiología

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The study of scientific production is a good indicator of the progress in research and knowledge generation. Bibliometrics is a scientific discipline that uses a set of indicators to quantitatively express the bibliographic characteristics of scientific publications. The scientific literature on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in Argentina is scattered in numerous sources, hindering access and visibility to the scientific community. Our purpose was to perform a quantitative, bibliometric study of the scientific literature on intestinal parasites in humans in Argentina published in the period 1985-2014. This bibliometric analysis showed an increase in the number of articles on intestinal parasites in humans in Argentina published over the past 30 years. Those articles showed a collaboration index similar to that of the literature, with a high index of institutionality for national institutions and a very low one for international collaboration. The original articles were published in scientific journals in the American Continent, Europe and Asia. The use of bibliometric indicators can provide a solid tool for the diagnosis and survey of the research on epidemiology of intestinal parasites and contributes to the dissemination and visibility of information on the scientific production developed in Argentina.

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Nutritional status in parasitized and nonparasitized children from two districts of buenos aires, Argentina

Abstract: The results suggest an association between intestinal parasites and physical growth in suburban children. Rural children seem to be protected against the effects of parasitic infection.

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Invited Commentary on Growth and Development in Children with Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections

Invited Commentary on Growth and Development in Children with Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections

Health and disease: Exploring the relation between parasitic infections, child nutrition status, and markets

Bibliometric analysis of scientific literature on intestinal parasites in Argentina during the period 1985–2014

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