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| Title |
Effects of helminth co-infections on atopy, asthma and cytokine production in children living in a poor urban area in Latin America
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-7-817 |
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| Authors |
Neuza Maria Alcântara-Neves, Gabriela de S G Britto, Rafael Valente Veiga, Camila A Figueiredo, Rosimeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Jackson S da Conceição, Álvaro Augusto Cruz, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Philip John Cooper, Lain C Pontes-de-Carvalho, Maurício Lima Barreto |
| Abstract |
Helminths are modulators of the host immune system, and infections with these parasites have been associated with protection against allergies and autoimmune diseases. The human host is often infected with multiple helminth parasites and most studies to date have investigated the effects of helminths in the context of infections with single parasite or types of parasites (e.g. geohelminths). In this study, we investigated how co-infections with three nematodes affect markers of allergic inflammation and asthma in children. We selected Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura, two parasites that inhabit the human intestine and Toxocara spp (Toxocara canis and/or T. cati), intestinal roundworms of dogs and cats that cause systemic larval infection in humans. These parasites were selected as the most prevalent helminth parasites in our study population. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| France | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 122 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 11% |
| Professor | 11 | 9% |
| Researcher | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 18% |
| Unknown | 29 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 12 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 33 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 May 2017.
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#6,930,204
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#1,014
of 4,513 outputs
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#87,962
of 369,982 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#21
of 147 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 4,513 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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