COVID-19 and helminth infection: Beyond the Th1/Th2 paradigm

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e0009402
• Main Authors: Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto E., Ramírez, Juan David, Delgado-Noguera, Lourdes A., Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Sordillo, Emilia M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.05.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Clinical outcomes; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cytokines; Development and progression; Disease transmission; Genetic aspects; Health aspects; Helminthiasis; Immune response; Infections; Interleukins; Intestine; Lymphocytes T; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Morbidity; Mortality; Pandemics; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Pathology; People and places; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveillance; Tropical diseases; Viewpoints; United States; Brazil; New York; Venezuela; Colombia; United States > US; Africa

[...]in these South American populations, the high prevalence of intestinal parasitosis with soil-transmitted helminths does not appear to have provided a benefit in terms of SARS-CoV-2-related morbidity or mortality. [...]a recent study by Yatsunenko and colleagues [12] has revealed differences in...