Effect of Antihelminthic Treatment on Vaccine Immunogenicity to a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Primary School Children in Gabon: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Helminth infections are a major public health problem, especially in the tropics. Infected individuals have an altered immune response with evidence that antibody response to vaccination is impaired. Hence, treatment of helminth infections before vaccination may be a simple intervention...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Brückner, Sina, Agnandji, Selidji T., Berberich, Stefan, Bache, Emmanuel, Fernandes, José F., Schweiger, Brunhilde, Massinga Loembe, Marguerite, Engleitner, Thomas, Lell, Bertrand, Mordmüller, Benjamin, Adegnika, Ayola A., Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Kremsner, Peter G., Esen, Meral
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4459874/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053679
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003768
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