Could control of soil-transmitted helminthic infection influence the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 315-333

  Fincham, John E ^a   Markus, M B ^b   Adams, V J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Hookworm; Strongyloides; Th2; Trichuris; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 0037987969     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00063-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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