The Fight Against Severe COVID-19: Can Parasitic Worms Contribute?

Front Immunol. 2022 Feb 11:13:849465. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.849465. eCollection 2022.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cytokine storm; helminth; immunomodulatory therapy; viral sepsis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Helminth / immunology
  • COVID-19 / immunology*
  • COVID-19 / parasitology
  • Coinfection
  • Cytokine Release Syndrome / immunology*
  • Helminthiasis / immunology*
  • Helminths / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunomodulation
  • Models, Immunological
  • SARS-CoV-2 / physiology*
  • Sepsis / immunology*
  • Sepsis / parasitology

Substances

  • Antigens, Helminth