Influence of exposure history on the immunology and development of resistance to human Schistosomiasis mansoni.

• Main Authors: Carla L Black (Author), Pauline N M Mwinzi (Author), Erick M O Muok (Author), Bernard Abudho (Author), Colin M Fitzsimmons (Author), David W Dunne (Author), Diana M S Karanja (Author), W Evan Secor (Author), Daniel G Colley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Previous studies suggest that humans can acquire immunity to reinfection with schistosomes, most probably due to immunologic mechanisms acquired after exposure to dying schistosome worms.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We followed longitudinally two...