Biology Reference
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CHAPTER
1
Immunology of Ascaris
an
d Immunomodulat
ion
Professor Philip J. Cooper
*
,
Professor Camila A. Figuieredo
y
*
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool, UK;
Pontificia Universidad Cat
ยด
lica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
y
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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Introduction
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Immunology of Ascariasis
5
Immunology of Ascaris suum in Pigs
5
Immunology of Ascariasis in Humans
6
Immune Modulation in Animal Models
8
Evidence for Clinically Relevant Immune Modulation by Ascariasis
During Natural Infection
9
Vaccine Immune Responses
10
Atopy
11
Asthma
11
Conclusion
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References
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