Low dose chronic<i>Schistosoma mansoni</i>infection increases susceptibility to<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>BCG infection in mice

The incidence of mycobacterial diseases is high and the efficacy of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) is low in most areas of the world where chronic worm infections are common. However, if and how concurrent worm infections could affect immunity to mycobacterial infections has not been elucidated. In...

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Main Authors: Daniel Eliáš, Hannah Akuffo, Cecilia Thors, A Pawłowski, Sven Britton
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 2005
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02719.x
https://academic.oup.com/cei/article-pdf/139/3/398/42082295/j.1365-2249.2004.02719.x.pdf
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