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Ascaris co-infection does not alter malaria-induced anaemia in a cohort of Nigerian preschool children

BACKGROUND: Co-infection with malaria and intestinal parasites such as Ascaris lumbricoides is common. Malaria parasites induce a pro-inflammatory immune response that contributes to the pathogenic sequelae, such as malarial anaemia, that occur in malaria infection. Ascaris is known to create an ant...

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Autores principales: Abanyie, Francisca A, McCracken, Courtney, Kirwan, Patrick, Molloy, Síle F, Asaolu, Samuel O, Holland, Celia V, Gutman, Julie, Lamb, Tracey J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23282136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-1