Helminths and the IBD hygiene hypothesis
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Joel V. Weinstock; David E. Elliott
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Helminths are parasitic animals that have evolved over 100,000,000 years to live in the intestinal track or other locations of their hosts. Colonization of humans with these organisms was nearly universal until the early 20th century. More than 1,000,000,000 people in less developed countries carry