Intestinal polyparasitism and levels of mucosal anthelmintic SIgA in children from endemic areas in Northeastern Brazil.
Luciana M OliveiraYvanna L D C OliveiraYrna L M OliveiraAnne Caroline S RamosGabriela F AndradeVitor L SáRicardo M GeraldiCarina S PinheiroLilian Lacerda BuenoRicardo T FujiwaraSilvio S DolabellaPublished in: Parasite immunology (2021)
Although the children participating in this survey were asymptomatic, and it was, therefore, not possible to evaluate the impact of salivary SIgA reduction on the diseases, the study highlights the need for further investigations of coinfections by intestinal parasites and the effects on immune response induced by the interactions between different parasites.