ReviewInfection and drug resistance2021
The Influence of Helminth Immune Regulation on COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes: Is it Beneficial or Detrimental?
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The COVID-19 Severity and Its Association with Intestinal Parasite Coinfection and Urine Biochemical Parameters among COVID-19-Confirmed Patients Admitted to Debre Markos University COVID-19 Center, Northwest Ethiopia.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- Soil-transmitted helminths: A critical review of the impact of co-infections and implications for control and elimination.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Review
- COVID-19 morbidity in lower versus higher income populations underscores the need to restore lost biodiversity of eukaryotic symbionts.iScience · 2023Review
- Strongyloides and COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
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- The Potential Nexus between Helminths and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Literature Review.Journal of immunology research · 2023Review
- Helminth exposure protects against murine SARS-CoV-2 infection through macrophage dependent T cell activation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2022Article
- Immunomodulatory Potential of Non-Classical HLA-G in Infections including COVID-19 and Parasitic Diseases.Biomolecules · 2022Article
- The Fight Against Severe COVID-19: Can Parasitic Worms Contribute?Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Immunologically, chronic worm infections prevent themselves from strong immune responses by skewing the host response towards a T helper 2 (Th2) type. The regulatory response initiated by helminth infections is supposed to temper responses to non-helminth antigens including viral infections which will, in turn, alter the clinical outcomes of infections. In view of this, recent reports highlighted the possible negative associations of severe COVID-19 and helminth co-infections in helminth-endemic regions. As the pathology of COVID-19 is primarily mediated by an excessive immune response and subsequent cytokine storm, which contributes to the poor prognosis of COVID-19, helminth-driven immune modulation will hypothetically contribute to the less severe outcomes of COVID-19. Nevertheless, emerging reports also stated that COVID-19 and helminth co-infections may have more hidden outcomes than predictable ones. Herein, the current knowledge on the interaction of COVID-19 and helminth co-infections will be discussed.
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