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Puberty and Age-related Changes in Susceptibility to Schistosome Infection

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Journal Parasitol Today
Specialty Parasitology
Date 2006 Oct 17
PMID 17040685
Citations 44
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Abstract

Recent data from outbreaks of schistosomiasis in immunologically naive populations have refuelled the debate concerning the nature or existence of protective, acquired immunity to schistosomiasis in humans. Data from endemic communities provide some compelling evidence for an abrupt change in reinfection rates that coincides with puberty. We suggest that the hormonal changes of adrenarche may hold the key to understanding the relative resistance to infection found in adults.

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