Repeated Schistosoma japonicum infection following treatment in two cohorts: evidence for host susceptibility to helminthiasis?

• Egile Nagusiak: Elizabeth J Carlton (Egilea), Alan Hubbard (Egilea), Shuo Wang (Egilea), Robert C Spear (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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In light of multinational efforts to reduce helminthiasis, we evaluated whether there exist high-risk subpopulations for helminth infection. Such individuals are not only at risk of morbidity, but may be important parasite reservoirs and appropriate targets for disease control interventions.We follo...