Asymptomatic Helminth Infection in Active Tuberculosis Is Associated with Increased Regulatory and Th-2 Responses and a Lower Sputum Smear Positivity

• Ebba Abate ,

  * E-mail: ebbaabate@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Microbiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Meseret Belayneh,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Jonna Idh,

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Västervik Hospital, Västervik, Sweden

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• Ermias Diro,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Daniel Elias,

  Affiliation Department of cancer and inflammation, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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• Sven Britton,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious diseases, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Abraham Aseffa,

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Olle Stendahl,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Thomas Schön

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden

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