Intestinal helminth co-infection and associated factors among tuberculosis patients in Arba Minch, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Helminths affect the outcome of tuberculosis by shifting cell mediated immune response to humoral and by total suppression of the host immune system. On the reverse, Mycobacterium infection favors immune escape of helminths. Therefore assessing helminth co-infection rate and predisposing...

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Autores principales: Alemu, Getaneh, Mama, Mohammedaman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28086814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2195-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28086814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2195-1

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