Previous studies of the effects of infections on atopy and allergy have studied the role of viral, bacterial and protozoal infections in developed countries and one study from a developing country investigated viral and bacterial infections in the context of endemic helminth infections [17]. However, to the best our knowledge, no previous study has examined the effects of coinfections with intestinal and systemic helminth infections on the modulation of atopic and allergic disease markers,as done in the present study