Mohammed Qusad

Hookworm Infection and Childhood Growth: A Critical Narrative Review of Body Mass Index, Height Standard Deviation Scores, Growth Velocity and the Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Axis in Normal-weight and Underweight Children

Ashraf T. Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Noor Hamed, Shayma Ahmed, Khaled A. Siddiq, Mohammed Qusad & Mohamed Alkalaf · Asian Journal of Pediatric Research · 2026

Hookworm infection remains one of the most common chronic parasitic conditions of childhood in low-resource settings, and growth impairment is routinely listed among its consequences. The evidence supporting that claim is weaker and more heterogeneous than programmatic language i...