Study shows interactions between bacteria and parasites
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has completed the first study of the effects of a simultaneous infection with blood flukes (schistosomes) and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori-a fairly common occurrence in some parts of the world. They identified a complex interaction which resulted-among other effects-in a weakening of the adverse impact of the pathogens acting individually.