Impact of filarial infections on coincident intracellular pathogens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium falciparum.

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Published in Curr Opin HIV AIDS on May 01, 2012

Authors

Simon Metenou1, Subash Babu, Thomas B Nutman

Author Affiliations

1: Helminth Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Filarial Infection on Immune Responses in Latent Tuberculosis | NCT01547884

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