Immuno-epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infections in endemic populations co-infected with soil-transmitted helminths: Present knowledge, challenges, and the need for further studies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Geiger, S M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Co infection; Humans; Immune response; Schistosoma mansoni; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; HYGIENE; NEMATODE; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROL GROUP; CROSS REACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIELD STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRICHURIS;

ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; BRAZIL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 56949089716     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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