to introduce the helminths as therapeutic agent for inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD), multiple sclerosis (MS), Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), diabetes and allergic asthma. Treatment of
human immune-mediated diseases with live helminths appears to be valid...

Self-hypnosis in attenuation of asthma symptoms severity...

Toxocariasis is an important neglected tropical disease that has been suggested as a possible etiologic agent of asthma. The objective of the present study was to investigate possible significant association between Toxocara seroprevalence...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease with worldwide prevalence. It has been estimated that more than 300 million people suffer from asthma worldwide and the numbers are increasing. Epidemiological evidences have demonstrated a negative...

manifestations, including asthma. Clinical symptoms such as wheezing, coughing

and episodic airflow obstruction have been described for patients infected with

this helminth. To investigate the association between infection with Toxocara cati

and allergy...

We read with great interest the article by Jabbari Azad

et al. entitled, ‘Downregulation of immune responses

in asthmatic humans by ES products of Marshallagia

marshalli,’ which was recently published ...

According to hygiene hypothesis vaccination and better sanitation resulting in decreased chronic parasitic infection that can impair the development of immune regulatory network and favorite the autoimmune and allergic diseases.

insights into understanding the immune modulation governed by parasite-derived products and the development of new asthma treatment strategies....