Opening a Can of Worms: Leprosy Reactions and Complicit Soil-Transmitted Helminths

BACKGROUND: > 94% of new annual leprosy cases are diagnosed in populations co-endemic for soil-transmitted helminths (STH). STH can profoundly dysregulate host immune responses towards Th2 bias, which can be restored over time after deworming. We hypothesize that STH co-infection is associated wi...

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Autores principales: Hagge, Deanna A., Parajuli, Pawan, Kunwar, Chhatra B., Rana, Divya R.S.J.B., Thapa, Ruby, Neupane, Kapil D., Nicholls, Peter, Adams, Linda B., Geluk, Annemieke, Shah, Mahesh, Napit, Indra B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28882756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.08.026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28882756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.08.026

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