Type-2-cell-mediated immune responses play a critical role in mediating both host-
resistance and disease-tolerance mechanisms during helminth infections. Recently, type 2 …

Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

Chronic inflammation contributes to the onset and progression of cardiovascular disease
and other degenerative diseases of aging. But does it have to? This article considers the …

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic and major risk factor for the development of metabolic
syndrome (MetS) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). T2D requires lifelong medical support to limit …

Strongyloidiasis (caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, and to a lesser extent by
Strongyloides fuelleborni) is one of the most neglected tropical diseases with endemic areas …

The reduced prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in countries with endemic
parasitic worm infections suggests a protective role for worms against metabolic disorders …

Epidemiological studies indicate an inverse correlation between the prevalence of the so-
called western diseases, such as obesity and metabolic syndrome, and the exposure to …

Objective Given that helminth infections have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity in
animal studies, which may be explained by beneficial effects on energy balance or by a shift …

Allergic diseases are on the increase globally in parallel with a decrease in parasitic
infection. The inverse association between parasitic infections and allergy at an ecological …

For many years PCR-and other DNA-based methods of pathogen detection have been
available in most clinical microbiology laboratories; however, until recently these tools were …