(Self-) infections with parasites: re-interpretations for the present

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F14%3A00435095" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/14:00435095 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/14:43887210

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2014.06.005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2014.06.005</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2014.06.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pt.2014.06.005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

(Self-) infections with parasites: re-interpretations for the present

Original language description

Previously, scientists sometimes resorted to infecting themselves or colleagues with parasites, usually to assess the pathogenicity and obtain insight into the life cycles of the parasites, host specificity, and epidemiology. However, with recent research addressing the possible beneficial impact of intestinal helminths on a range of immune-mediated diseases in humans, these studies offer valuable information, although many are now considered unethical owing to a lack of experimental oversight and informed consent. Here, we critically review cases in which humans were deliberately infected with parasites. Moreover, we summarize the contribution of (self-) infections and propose protist and helminth candidates, chosen on the basis of several criteria, to test as possible therapy for selected human diseases.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F1632" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/1632: From fish to man and from water to the earth: evolutionary history of tapeworms parasitizing tetrapodes (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Trends in Parasitology

ISSN

1471-4922

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

377-385

UT code for WoS article

000340305300004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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