To define the cytokine response to Ascaris lumbricoides infection, the cellular immune
response to adult and larval-stage Ascaris antigens in young adults with moderate infection …

The impact of intestinal helminth infection, ie Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura, on
cellular responsiveness and cytokine production was investigated in young adults. Ascaris …

To investigate the potential immunomodulatory effects of concurrent ascariasis on the
cytokine response to a live oral vaccine, we measured cytokine responses to cholera toxin B …

The immune response in mice to infection with Ascaris suum was characterized by
determining (1) changes in serum immunoglobulin levels and (2) changes in the relative …

Malaria and helminth infections often coincide in the same tropical regions. Studies of the
consequences of helminth and malaria coinfection in humans have been few and are mainly …

Following reports of increased IgE in severe malaria and hypothesizing that helminth
coinfections could modify its outcome, we conducted a retrospective case–control study to …

Human ascariasis has a global and cosmopolitan distribution, and has been characterized
as the most prevalent neglected tropical disease worldwide. The development of a …

In an area in which brugian filariasis is endemic, when cytokine levels were analyzed as a
function of clinical status comparing those who were asymptomatic and amicrofilaremic with …

The distribution of Ascaris lumbricoides within a community was examined at an initial mass
anthelmintic treatment programme (January 1984) and following an 11-month period of …

Helminth infections are among the most potent stimulators of Th2-type immune responses
and have been widely demonstrated to modify responsiveness to both nonparasite antigens …