Evidence of microbial translocation associated with perturbations in T cell and antigen-presenting cell homeostasis in hookworm infections.

• Main Authors: Palakkal Jovvian George (Author), Rajamanickam Anuradha (Author), Nathella Pavan Kumar (Author), Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Subash Babu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Microbial translocation (MT) is the process by which microbes or microbial products translocate from the intestine to the systemic circulation. MT is a common cause of systemic immune activation in HIV infection and is associated with reduced frequencies of CD4(+) T cells; no data exist, however, on...