Vaccination against helminths: Influence on HIV/AIDS and TB [1]

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 385-386

  Fincham, John E ^a   Markus, Miles B ^b   Brombacher, Frank ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Consulting Services International ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HELMINTHIASIS VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATOPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AFRICA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VERMES;

EID: 0036743901     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02300-0     Document Type: Letter

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