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For Immunopathol Dis Therap. 2015;6(1):27-32. doi: 10.1615/ForumImmunDisTher.2015015300.

Worms and Humans: A Happy Divorce?.

Forum on immunopathological diseases and therapeutics

Hannah Akuffo, Sven Britton, Thomas Schön

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 28392966 PMCID: PMC5381959 DOI: 10.1615/ForumImmunDisTher.2015015300

Abstract

Chronic asymptomatic worm infection, often in combination with tuberculosis (TB), is common in low-income countries. Indeed, a life without worm infestation, as is now the case in most high-income countries, is a recent condition for humankind. Worms and

Keywords: autoimmunity; confection; deworming; helminths/worms; tuberculosis

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