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Helminthic therapy: improving mucosal barrier function
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“Across multiple studies, helminth therapy with T. suis and N. americanus was generally found to be safe and well-tolerated, though efficacy results were inconsistent and often limited by study design or high placebo effects”
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“The behavior of live helminths in the human host can be unpredictable, especially with species not naturally adapted to humans, making it difficult to control infection duration and intensity”
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“Therapeutic infection with Necator americanus (hookworm) has also been studied in humans, including in asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.”
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“Dose-ranging studies found that higher doses (> 10 larvae) were associated with more frequent gastrointestinal side effects”
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- Wolff, M. J., Broadhurst, M. J., & Loke, P.
- Venue
- Trends in Parasitology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 187-194
- ISSN
- 1471-4922
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- PMC4015520
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- 59
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- Language
- en
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