Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
The buffalo co-infection conundrum.
- Journal:
- Trends in parasitology
- Year:
- 2015
- Authors:
- Fomum, Sylvester W & Nsahlai, Ignatius V
- Affiliation:
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
Abstract
Parasitic worms modulate host immunity, affecting co-infection with Mycobacterium bovis (BTB). Ezenwa and Jolles suggested that anthelmintic treatment reduced BTB-induced mortality, but increased BTB spread. Reduced mortality should be weighed against the risk of increasing pathogen spread when adopting this strategy for human treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, BTB, and HIV.
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