Mejia, Rojelio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4134-4558
Damania, Ashish
Jeun, Rebecca
Bryan, Patricia E.
Vargas, Paola
Juarez, Marisa
Cajal, Pamela S.
Nasser, Julio
Krolewiecki, Alejandro
Lefoulon, Emilie
Long, Courtney
Drake, Evan
Cimino, Rubén O.
Slatko, Barton
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Resources and Services Administration (D34HP31024)
Article History
Received: 10 December 2019
Accepted: 10 April 2020
First Online: 19 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The internal review boards approved this study of Baylor College of Medicine and Universidad Nacional de Salta Argentina. Informed written consent was obtained from each participant or a parent/guardian. Anti-parasitic treatment, based on microscopy findings, was provided per standard of care in the region. The majority of subjects were of preschool age and did not receive standard mass drug administration of anthelmintics. The bioethics committee approved the study design and protocols of Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina (UNSA).
: Not applicable.
: RM receives research funding from Romark Laboratories, LC. This association did not impact this study. AD, RJ, PEB, PV, MJ, PSC, JN, AK, EL, CL, ED, ROC, BS declare that they have no competing interests.