Helminths and COVID-19 susceptibility, disease progression, and vaccination efficacy.

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Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

Almost 2 years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it remains to be determined how helminths interact with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We discuss how helminths may alter susceptibility to infection, COVID-19 pathology, and the efficiency of vaccines by combined analysis of available COVID-19 data and previous investigations of the effect of helminths in viral infections.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8768016PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.01.007DOI Listing

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