Is Necator americanus approaching a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with humans?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 169-172

  Pritchard, David I ^a   Brown, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; LONGEVITY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 0035305904     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01941-9     Document Type: Review

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