The Role of Chemokines in Schistosomu

The eradication of parasitic diseases, such as schistosomiasis, has been the focus of investigations worldwide for many dec-ades. However, attempts to control their continual spread have, at best been met with limited success. In the face of these results, it is important to attempt to under-stand and thus to control the pathology of these widespread diseases. In this review, Nicholas lukacs, Steven Kunkel, Robert Stricter and Stephen Chensue focus on a family of cytokines that play a pertinent role for leukocyte recruitment in chronic inflammation. Schistosomiasis is a parasitic diseas