Advances in our understanding of the epidemiology of Plasmodium and schistosome infection: Informing coinfection studies

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-230

  Wilson, Shona ^a   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coinfection; malaria; schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANEMIA; BED NET; COGNITION; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; TH1 CELL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84859887937     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e328351b9fb     Document Type: Review

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