Necator americanus and helminth co-infections: further down-modulation of hookworm-specific type 1 immune responses.

• Main Authors: Stefan Michael Geiger (Author), Neal Douglas Edward Alexander (Author), Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara (Author), Simon Brooker (Author), Bonnie Cundill (Author), David Joseph Diemert (Author), Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira (Author), Jeffrey Michael Bethony (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Helminth co-infection in humans is common in tropical regions of the world where transmission of soil-transmitted helminths such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale as well as other helminths such as Schistosoma mansoni often o...