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How Helminths Alter Immunity to Infection (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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How Helminths Alter Immunity to Infection (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 828
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Helminth infections are common, cause considerable pathology, and
alter a host's immune profile. This can have important consequences
not only on the host's ability to control a helminth infection, but
also on their ability to control unrelated infections. In endemic
areas, understanding how helminth infection influences the outcome
of common infectious diseases and changes the efficacy of childhood
vaccination programs is an important public health question. This
book reviews how host immunity to helminths alters our ability to
respond to the major pathogens that exist in helminth endemic
regions. Current understanding of how helminths alter important but
relatively neglected contributors to the host's anti-helminth
immune responses are addressed, namely host antibody responses and
how maternal infection may alter a child's immune development.
These are discussed in relation to the control of helminth
infection and unrelated infections. Also covered are how helminth
infections alter the host's ability to control TB, HIV and malarial
infections along with neglected bacterial infections, such as
cholera, and how endemic helminth infections are likely to alter
our ability to respond to life-saving vaccination strategies.
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