Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota

BACKGROUND: The soil-transmitted helminth (STH), Trichuris trichiura colonises the human large intestine where it may modify inflammatory responses, an effect possibly mediated through alterations in the intestinal microbiota. We hypothesised that patent T. trichiura infections would be associated w...

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Main Authors: Cooper, Philip, Walker, Alan W., Reyes, Jorge, Chico, Martha, Salter, Susannah J., Vaca, Maritza, Parkhill, Julian
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3790696/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24124574
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076573
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