Molecular mechanisms of hookworm disease: Stealth, virulence, and vaccines

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-21

  Pearson, Mark S ^a   Tribolet, Leon ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Periago, Maria Victoria ^b   Valerio, Maria Adela ^c   Jariwala, Amar R ^d   Hotez, Peter ^e,f   Diemert, David ^d   Loukas, Alex ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma secreted proteins; Hookworms; immune modulation; proteases; vaccines; virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; VACCINE;

HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LARVA; MALNUTRITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PENETRATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VACCINES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84862866530     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.05.029     Document Type: Review

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