A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has completed the first study of the effects of a simultaneous infection with blood flukes (schistosomes) and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori—a fairly common occurrence in some parts of the world. They identified a complex interaction which resulted—among other effects—in a weakening of the adverse impact of the pathogens acting individually.
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Source: Phys.org