Are intestinal helminths playing a positive role in tuberculosis risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 10; p. e0223722
• Main Authors: Taghipour, Ali, Mosadegh, Mehrdad, Kheirollahzadeh, Fatemeh, Olfatifar, Meysam, Safari, Hossein, Nasiri, Mohammad Javad, Fathi, Atefeh, Badri, Milad, Piri Dogaheh, Hadi, Azimi, Taher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.10.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Child; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developing countries; Diagnosis; Health screening; Helminths - physiology; Humans; Infections; Intestine; Intestines - parasitology; LDCs; Medical care; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Parasitic diseases; Patient outcomes; Physical Sciences; Prevalence; Public health; Publication Bias; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk; Risk Factors; Search engines; Services; Statistical analysis; Statistical significance; Systematic review; Tropical diseases; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - parasitology; Young Adult; Iran

Co-infection of intestinal helminthic infections (IHIs) and tuberculosis (TB) has appeared as a public health issue, especially in developing countries. Some recent studies have been carried out on the possible relevance of IHIs to TB. The current systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to...