Characterising the mucosal and systemic immune responses to experimental human hookworm infection.
The mucosal cytokine response of healthy humans to parasitic helminths has never been reported. We investigated the systemic and mucosal cytokine responses to hookworm infection in experimentally infected, previously hookworm naive individuals from non-endemic areas. We collected both peripheral blo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3276555?pdf=render |