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Chronic Helminth Infection Does Not Exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

BACKGROUND: Chronic helminth infections induce a Th2 immune shift and establish an immunoregulatory milieu. As both of these responses can suppress Th1 immunity, which is necessary for control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection, we hypothesized that chronic helminth infections may exacerb...

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Autores principales: Hübner, Marc P., Killoran, Kristin E., Rajnik, Michael, Wilson, Samuel, Yim, Kevin C., Torrero, Marina N., Morris, Christopher P., Nikonenko, Boris, Blanco, Jorge C. G., Hemming, Val G., Mitre, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3529511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23285308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001970