title: Are pregnant women with chronic helminth infections more susceptible to congenital infections?
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kashan University of Medical Science , Kashan , Iran ; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirestani
keywords: T-helper 1; T-helper 2; congenital infections; helminth infections; immune response; immunoregulation; intracellular pathogens; pregnancy