Soil-transmitted helminthic vaccines: Where are we now?

MTJ Wong, NS Anuar, R Noordin, GJ Tye - Acta tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been tested and proven that vaccination is still the best strategy to combat infectious
diseases. However, to date, there are still no vaccines against human soil-transmitted …

Epidemiology and immunology of helminth–HIV interactions

EL Webb, AO Ekii, P Pala - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Epidemiology and immunology of helminth–HIV interactions : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
Epidemiology and immunology of helminth–HIV interactions : Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS …

Chronic helminth infections may negatively influence immunity against tuberculosis and other diseases of public health importance

D Elias, S Britton, A Kassu, H Akuffo - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB) has once again become a major public health threat owing to the
combined effects of deteriorating socioeconomic situations and the emergence of the …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons along the critical path: developing vaccines against human helminths

DJ Diemert, ME Bottazzi, J Plieskatt, PJ Hotez… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Helminthic parasites are important targets for vaccine research as they infect an estimated 1
billion people worldwide. Despite significant progress in the discovery of defined antigens …

[PDF][PDF] Can endemic parasitic diseases and/or vectors play a role in the COVID-19 pandemic?

E Elsaftawy, R Wassef, N Amin - Parasitologists United Journal, 2021 - puj.journals.ekb.eg
COVID-19 is a novel single-stranded RNA virus responsible for the preliminary outbreak of
viral pneumoniain China that progressed rapidly into a pandemic. To our knowledge, the …

Chronic parasite infections cause immune changes that could affect successful vaccination

G Borkow, Z Bentwich - Trends in parasitology, 2008 - cell.com
Several important issues must be considered when performing any vaccination in areas with
high prevalence of geohelminths. Immunization of populations infected with geohelminths …

[PDF][PDF] Worming their way into the picture: microbiota help helminths modulate host immunity

LA Reynolds, BB Finlay - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Parasitic helminths are potent regulators of host immunity, including inhibition of allergic
inflammation. In this issue of Immunity, Zaiss et al.(2015) reveal that microbiota …

Successful vaccination of immune suppressed recipients using Listeria vector HIV-1 vaccines in helminth infected mice

LM Shollenberger, C Bui, Y Paterson, K Allen, D Harn - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Vaccines for HIV, malaria and TB remain high priorities, especially for sub-Saharan
populations. The question is: will vaccines currently in development for these diseases …

HIV-1 vaccine-specific responses induced by Listeria vector vaccines are maintained in mice subsequently infected with a model helminth parasite, Schistosoma …

LM Shollenberger, CT Bui, Y Paterson, L Nyhoff… - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
In areas co-endemic for helminth parasites and HIV/AIDS, infants are often administered
vaccines prior to infection with immune modulatory helminth parasites. Systemic Th2 biasing …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Heterogeneous Mixing and Vaccination on the Dynamics of Anthelmintic Resistance: A Nested Model

L Sabatelli - Plos one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Anthelmintic resistance is a major threat to current measures for helminth control in humans
and animals. The introduction of anthelmintic vaccines, as a complement to or replacement …