Association of eumycetoma and schistosomiasis.

• Main Authors: Jaap J van Hellemond (Author), Alieke G Vonk (Author), Corné de Vogel (Author), Rob Koelewijn (Author), Norbert Vaessen (Author), Ahmed H Fahal (Author), Alex van Belkum (Author), Wendy W J van de Sande (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Eumycetoma is a morbid chronic granulomatous subcutaneous fungal disease. Despite high environmental exposure to this fungus in certain regions of the world, only few develop eumycetoma for yet unknown reasons. Animal studies suggest that co-infections skewing the immune system to a Th2-type respons...