Helminth infection in populations undergoing epidemiological transition: A friend or foe?

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 889-901

  Wiria, Aprilianto Eddy ^a,b   Djuardi, Yenny ^a,b   Supali, Taniawati ^a   Sartono, Erliyani ^b   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cardiovascular diseases; Co infection; Epidemiological transition; Helminths; Immune responses; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALARIA; MANUAL LABOR; MIXED INFECTION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HELMINTH; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COINFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84876016573     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-012-0358-0     Document Type: Review

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