Chronic Helminth Infection Does Not Exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Marc P. Hübner; Kristin E. Killoran; Michael Rajnik; Samuel Wilson; Kevin C. Yim; Marina N. Torrero; Christopher P. Morris; Boris Nikonenko; Jorge C. G. Blanco; Val G. Hemming; Edward Mitre

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001970

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Chronic Helminth Infection Does Not Exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Marc P. Hübner ,

* E-mail: edward.mitre@usuhs.edu (EM); huebner@microbiology-bonn.de (MPH)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Kristin E. Killoran,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael Rajnik,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Samuel Wilson,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Kevin C. Yim,

Affiliations Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Sigmovir Biosystems Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Marina N. Torrero,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Christopher P. Morris,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Boris Nikonenko,

Affiliation Sequella, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Jorge C. G. Blanco,

Affiliations Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Sigmovir Biosystems Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Val G. Hemming,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Virion Systems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Edward Mitre

* E-mail: edward.mitre@usuhs.edu (EM); huebner@microbiology-bonn.de (MPH)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Chronic Helminth Infection Does Not Exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Marc P. Hübner,
Kristin E. Killoran,
Michael Rajnik,
Samuel Wilson,
Kevin C. Yim,
Marina N. Torrero,
Christopher P. Morris,
Boris Nikonenko,
Jorge C. G. Blanco,
Val G. Hemming

Published: December 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001970

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