Schistosoma mansoni Enhances Host Susceptibility to Mucosal but Not Intravenous Challenge by R5 Clade C SHIV

BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of HIV-1/AIDS in areas endemic for schistosomiasis and other helminthic infections has led to the hypothesis that parasites increase host susceptibility to immunodeficiency virus infection. We previously showed that rhesus macaques (RM) with active schistosomiasis wer...

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Autores principales: Siddappa, Nagadenahalli B., Hemashettar, Girish, Shanmuganathan, Vivekanandan, Semenya, Amma A., Sweeney, Elizabeth D., Paul, Katherine S., Lee, Sandra J., Secor, W. Evan, Ruprecht, Ruth M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829749
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001270

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