Helminthic therapy and neutrophils
Neutrophils are normally recruited to any site of injury or inflammation, so anyone with an inflammatory condition is likely to have raised neutrophils.
After penetration of the skin by hookworm larvae, neutrophils are recruited, along with CD4 T cells, macrophages and eosinophils, but a continuing helminth infection can cause a scarcity of neutrophils. [1]
Parasitic helminth infections are associated with eosinophilia; however, neutrophils are less prevalent.” [2]
One hookworm host has reported that, at 23 weeks after her first inoculation, her neutrophils tested below the normal range. [3]
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