No impact of helminth coinfection in patients with smear positive tuberculosis on immunoglobulin levels using a novel method measuring Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antibodies

Abstract Helminth/tuberculosis (TB)-coinfection can reduce cell-mediated immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and increase disease severity, although the effects are highly helminth species dependent. Mtb have long been ranked as the number one single infectious agent claiming the most...

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Autors principals:	Giggil Pushpamithran, Camilla Skoglund, Fanny Olsson, Melissa Méndez-Aranda, Thomas Schön, Mårten Segelmark, Olle Stendahl, Robert H. Gilman, Robert Blomgran
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	BMC 2023-06-01
Col·lecció:	Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Matèries:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Active pulmonary TB Helminth coinfection Adaptive humoral immune response Mtb-specific IgG IgA IgM
Accés en línia:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-023-00808-0
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