Increased frequency of malaria attacks in subjects co-infected by intestinal worms and Plasmodium falciparum malaria

2003/03/01 by André Spiegel, Adama Tall, G Raphenon +2 · 3 citations
Medicine · Immunology and Microbiology · #Malaria Research and Control #Parasites and Host Interactions #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Malaria #Plasmodium falciparum #Sickle cell trait #Immunology #Biology #Plasmodium (life cycle) #Virology #Parasite hosting #Medicine #Internal medicine #Disease

paper · doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90117-9

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Abstract

The influence of intestinal worm infections on malaria was studied in individuals from Dielmo, Senegal in 1998. Results suggest that, compared with those infected, individuals free of helminths had the same degree of protection against malaria as that provided by sickle-cell trait, the most potent factor of resistance to malaria identified to date.

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