Interactions and potential implications of Plasmodium falciparum-hookworm coinfection in different age groups in south-central Côte d'Ivoire.

• Hlavní autoři: Aurélie A Righetti (Autor), Dominik Glinz (Autor), Lukas G Adiossan (Autor), Ahou-Yah G Koua (Autor), Sébastien Niamké (Autor), Richard F Hurrell (Autor), Rita Wegmüller (Autor), Eliézer K N'Goran (Autor), Jürg Utzinger (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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BACKGROUND: Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. Interactions of Plasmodium falciparum and soil-transmitted...