Involvement of Hookworm Co-Infection in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Podoconiosis: Possible Immunological Mechanism
Podoconiosis is an endemic, non-infectious, geochemical and non-filarial inflammatory cause of tropical elephantiasis. The immunology of podoconiosis is not yet expressly understood. In spite of this, co-infection and co-morbidity with the infectious, soil-transmitted hookworm disease that causes ir...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/2/37 |