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Influence of Exposure History on the Immunology and Development of Resistance to Human Schistosomiasis Mansoni
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that humans can acquire immunity to reinfection with schistosomes, most probably due to immunologic mechanisms acquired after exposure to dying schistosome worms. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We followed longitudinally two cohorts of adult males occupationally...
Autores principales: | Black, Carla L., Mwinzi, Pauline N. M., Muok, Erick M. O., Abudho, Bernard, Fitzsimmons, Colin M., Dunne, David W., Karanja, Diana M. S., Secor, W. Evan, Colley, Daniel G. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2843635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351784 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000637 |
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