The impact of prenatal exposure to parasitic infections and to anthelminthic treatment on antibody responses to routine immunisations given in infancy: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

• Main Authors: Stephen Nash (Author), Alexander J Mentzer (Author), Swaib A Lule (Author), Dennison Kizito (Author), Gaby Smits (Author), Fiona R M van der Klis (Author), Alison M Elliott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Chronic parasitic infections are associated with active immunomodulation which may include by-stander effects on unrelated antigens. It has been suggested that pre-natal exposure to parasitic infections in the mother impacts immunological development in the fetus and hence the offspring&#...