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immunocompromised host

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immunocompromised host,
an individual whose immune response is weakened as a result of an immunodeficiency disorder or exposure to immunosuppressive drugs or irradiation.


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seropositivity of some HIV-infected patients, although weak compared with the level of seropositivity in cattle or dogs, could suggest circulation of the parasite within immunocompromised hosts, a hypothesis supported by Lobato et al.
Serologic screening for Neospora caninum, France by Robert-Gangneux, Florence; Klein, Frederic / Emerging Infectious Diseases
4) Infection of the immunocompromised host Cestode infections should be considered as differential diagnoses of co-infections in HIV/AIDS patients.
Taenia and Echinococcus infections in humans by Menezes, Colin Nigel; Grobusch, Martin Peter / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
Chin-Hong, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the program in transplant and immunocompromised host infectious diseases at UCSF.
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