Table 1.
Disease Burden (DALYs) in SSA Resulting from the NTDs.
Fig 1.
Pathway for the suppression of TH1 by TH2 immune response; a classical scenario of helminth and TB co-infection.
IL, interleukin; TH1, T-helper type 1; TGF-β, transforming growth factor β; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
Table 2.
Studies implicating and those not supporting helminth co-infection as affecting the diagnosis and outcome of Mtb infections.