Immunodulation and helminths: Towards new strategies for treatment of immune-mediated diseases?

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 357-380

  Bruschi, Fabrizio ^a   Chiumiento, Lorena ^a   Prete, Gianfranco Del ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hygiene hypothesis; Immunomodulation; Parasitic helminths; Th1 adjuvants

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEMATODA; SUS; TAENIA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS SUIS; VERMES;

EID: 84866984385     PISSN: 18746489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8544-3_15     Document Type: Article

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