How helminths alter immunity to infection [electronic resource] / William Horsnell, editor.
2014
RC119.7
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Title
How helminths alter immunity to infection [electronic resource] / William Horsnell, editor.
ISBN
9781493914890 electronic book
1493914898 electronic book
9781493914883
149391488X
1493914898 electronic book
9781493914883
149391488X
Published
New York, NY : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 152 pages) : color illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-4939-1489-0 doi
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RC119.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.9/62
Summary
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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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2014).
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Horsnell, William, editor.
Series
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 828.
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Table of Contents
The Role of Antibody in Parasitic Helminth Infections
Maternal Helminth Infections
Helminth-M. TB Co-Infection
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Helpful or a Hindrance: Co-Infections of Helminth During Malaria
Helminth Infections and HIV: Theories and Facts Regarding HIV and Helminth Interaction.
Maternal Helminth Infections
Helminth-M. TB Co-Infection
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Helpful or a Hindrance: Co-Infections of Helminth During Malaria
Helminth Infections and HIV: Theories and Facts Regarding HIV and Helminth Interaction.