Hookworms are one of the most prevalent parasites of humans in developing countries, but
we know relatively little about the immune response generated to hookworm infection. This …

Hookworm infection is a major cause of disease burden for animals and humans. Over the
past years, the use of animal models in hookworm infections has been driven by the search …

Hookworms infect almost one billion people and are a major cause of iron-deficiency
anaemia in developing countries of the tropics. Despite their prevalence and the morbidity …

The scientific study of human hookworm infection began at the dawn of the twentieth
century. In recent years, there have been dramatic improvements in our understanding of …

Human hookworm infection is one amongst the most prevalent of the neglected tropical
diseases. An informative experimental animal model, that is, one that parallels a human …

Advances in hookworm immunoepidemiology are reviewed. Recent studies demonstrate a
mixed Th1/Th2 response in human hookworm infection, with immunosuppression of specific …

Hookworms infect perhaps one-fifth of the entire human population, yet little is known about
their interaction with our immune system. The two major species are Necator americanus …

Hookworm infection is one of the most important parasitic infections of humans, possibly
outranked only by malaria as a cause of misery and suffering. An estimated 1.2 billion …

Hookworms are bloodsucking nematodes that afflict up to 740 million persons in tropical and
subtropical regions, with Asia and sub-Saharan Africa exhibiting particularly high infection …

Hookworms produce a vast repertoire of structurally and functionally diverse molecules that
mediate their long-term survival and pathogenesis within a human host. Many of these …