Effect of hookworm infection on wheat challenge in celiac disease--a randomised double-blinded placebo controlled trial.

The association between hygiene and prevalence of autoimmune disease has been attributed in part to enteric helminth infection. A pilot study of experimental infection with the hookworm Necator americanus was undertaken among a group of otherwise healthy people with celiac disease to test the potent...

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Main Authors: A James Daveson, Dianne M Jones, Soraya Gaze, Henry McSorley, Andrew Clouston, Andrew Pascoe, Sharon Cooke, Richard Speare, Graeme A Macdonald, Robert Anderson, James S McCarthy, Alex Loukas, John Croese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3050888?pdf=render