Schistosome: Its Benefit and Harm in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Diseases

Schistosomiasis is an important tropical disease affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. Because of its chronicity and robust immunomodulatory activity, the effects of schistosomes on other diseases, such as allergies, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases, have been studied extensivel...

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Autores principales: Osada, Yoshio, Kanazawa, Tamotsu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22131800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/264173
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description Schistosomiasis is an important tropical disease affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. Because of its chronicity and robust immunomodulatory activity, the effects of schistosomes on other diseases, such as allergies, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases, have been studied extensively in both epidemiological and experimental settings. In this paper, we summarize the beneficial and harmful effects of schistosomes. The importance of controlling schistosomiasis is also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-32164072011-11-30 Schistosome: Its Benefit and Harm in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Diseases Osada, Yoshio Kanazawa, Tamotsu J Biomed Biotechnol Review Article Schistosomiasis is an important tropical disease affecting approximately 200 million people worldwide. Because of its chronicity and robust immunomodulatory activity, the effects of schistosomes on other diseases, such as allergies, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases, have been studied extensively in both epidemiological and experimental settings. In this paper, we summarize the beneficial and harmful effects of schistosomes. The importance of controlling schistosomiasis is also discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3216407/ /pubmed/22131800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/264173 Text en Copyright © 2011 Y. Osada and T. Kanazawa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Schistosome: Its Benefit and Harm in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Schistosome: Its Benefit and Harm in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Diseases
title_short Schistosome: Its Benefit and Harm in Patients Suffering from Concomitant Diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216407/
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