Schistosoma mansoni infection suppresses the growth of Plasmodium yoelii parasites in the liver and reduces gametocyte infectivity to mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Taeko Moriyasu (Author), Risa Nakamura (Author), Sharmina Deloer (Author), Masachika Senba (Author), Masato Kubo (Author), Megumi Inoue (Author), Richard Culleton (Author), Shinjiro Hamano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malaria and schistosomiasis are major parasitic diseases causing morbidity and mortality in the tropics. Epidemiological surveys have revealed coinfection rates of up to 30% among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. To investigate the impact of coinfection of these two parasites on disease epidemiology...