Filariae-Retrovirus Co-infection in Mice is Associated with Suppressed Virus-Specific IgG Immune Response and Higher Viral Loads.

• Main Authors: Kirsten Katrin Dietze (Author), Ulf Dittmer (Author), Daniel Karim Koudaimi (Author), Simone Schimmer (Author), Martina Reitz (Author), Minka Breloer (Author), Wiebke Hartmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Worldwide more than 2 billion people are infected with helminths, predominantly in developing countries. Co-infections with viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are common due to the geographical overlap of these pathogens. Helminth and viral infections induce antagonistic cytokine res...