Parotid enlargement, forehead edema, and suppression of malaria as nutritional consequences of ascariasis

摘要: Bilateral painless enlargement of the parotids, a curiously localized edema forehead and relative freedom from malaria were striking findings in children Anjouan but not Grande Comore, two neighboring islands Comorro group Indian Ocean. Compared with those heavily infested Ascaris lumbricoides. We suggest that clinical may be nutritional consequence severe ascariasis low incidence an example delicate ecological balance between host, Ascaris, plasmoidum. Am. J. Clin.Nutr. 30: 2117-2121, 1977.