Necator americanus infection: a possible cause of altered dendritic cell differentiation and eosinophil profile in chronically infected individuals.

• Main Authors: Ricardo T Fujiwara (Author), Guilherme G L Cançado (Author), Paula A Freitas (Author), Helton C Santiago (Author), Cristiano Lara Massara (Author), Omar Dos Santos Carvalho (Author), Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira (Author), Stefan M Geiger (Author), Jeffrey Bethony (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Hookworms survive for several years (5 to 7 years) in the host lumen, inducing a robust but largely ineffective immune response. Among the most striking aspects of the immune response to hookworm (as with many other helminths) is the ablation of parasite-specific T cel...