Soil‐Transmitted Helminths and the Intricacies of Immunoregulation: Evidence From Amazonian Ecuador for the Importance of Considering Species‐Specific Effects Within the Old Friends Hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.70076
Abstract: The old friends hypothesis (OFH) examines connections between the global increase in immunoregulatory diseases (e.g., allergy and autoimmunity) and reduced exposure to immune‐priming symbionts like soil‐transmitted helminths. Helminth species, however, vary in their effects on… read more here.
Keywords: species specific; friends hypothesis; soil transmitted; old friends ... See more keywords