Association between Micronutrients (Vitamin A, D, Iron) and Schistosome-Specific Cytokine Responses in Zimbabweans Exposed to Schistosoma haematobium.pdf.pdf

Hindawi Publishing CorporationJournal of Parasitology ResearchVolume 2012, Article ID128628,9pagesdoi: StudyAssociation between Micronutrients (Vitamin A, D, Iron)and Schistosome-Speci?c Cytokine Responses in ZimbabweansExposed toSchistosoma haematobiumLiam Reilly,1, 2Norman Nausch,1Nicholas Midzi,3Taka?ra Mduluza,4, 5and Francisca Mutapi11Ashworth Laboratories, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh,King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK2Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium3Schistosomiasis Section, National Institute of Health Research, Box CY 570, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe4Biochemistry Department, University of Zimbabwe, . Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe5Harvard School of Public Health, Botswana Havard Aids Institute, P. Bag 320, Gaborone, BotswanaCorrespondence should be addressed to Liam Reilly,.******@.ukReceived 29 September 2011; Accepted 20 November 2011Academic Editor: Sungano MharakurwaCopyright ? 2012 Liam Reilly et al. This is an open access article distributed under the mons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly play an important role in the development of e?ective immune responses. This