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| Title |
Co-infection of tuberculosis and parasitic diseases in humans: a systematic review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-6-79 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Xin-Xu Li, Xiao-Nong Zhou |
| Abstract |
Co-infection of tuberculosis and parasitic diseases in humans is an important public problem in co-endemic areas in developing countries. However, there is a paucity of studies on co-infection and even fewer reviews. This review examines 44 appropriate papers by PRISMA from 289 papers searched in PubMed via the NCBI Entrez system (no grey literature) up to December 2012 in order to analyze the factors that influence epidemic and host's immunity of co-infection. The limited evidence in this review indicates that most common parasite species are concurrent with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in multiple organs; socio-demographics such as gender and age, special populations with susceptibility such as renal transplant recipients, patients on maintenance haemodialysis, HIV positive patients and migrants, and living in or coming from co-endemic areas are all likely to have an impact on co-infection. Pulmonary tuberculosis and parasitic diseases were shown to be risk factors for each other. Co-infection may significantly inhibit the host's immune system, increase antibacterial therapy intolerance and be detrimental to the prognosis of the disease; in addition, infection with parasitic diseases can alter the protective immune response to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 248 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Serbia | 1 | <1% |
| Haiti | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 236 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 37 | 15% |
| Researcher | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 47 | 19% |
| Unknown | 55 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 19% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 27 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 31 | 13% |
| Unknown | 67 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 July 2022.
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#117
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#7,135
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#3
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