3 new reviews in Immunology on how helminths are part of the missing link epidemiologically, along with certain other infections, and are probably the reason for the rise in autoimmunity, allergies, certain cancers, depression, nuerological diseases, and atherosclerosis. Click on the HTML or PDF link and you can read them in full.
Rook GAW; Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: The broader implications of the hygiene hypothesis. Immunology Volume 126 Issue 1, Pages 3-11. December 8 2008
Cooke A; Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: How might infection modulate the onset of type 1 diabetes? Immunology Volume 126 Issue 1, Pages 12-17. December 8 2008
Jackson JA, Friberg IM, Little S, Bradley JE: Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: Immunity against helminths and immunological phenomena in modern human populations: coevolutionary legacies? Immunology Volume 126 Issue 1, Pages 18-27. December 8 2008
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