Table 4.

Murine models that examine the impact of helminth coinfection on sexually transmitted viruses

Virus	Helminth	Helminth target tissue	Timing of virus coinfection Outcome compared to virus-only mice		Mechanism	Reference
Herpes simplex virus-2	Nippostrongylus brasiliensis	Lungs, gut	Day 7 post helminth infection. Coinfected mice had vaginal epithelial ulceration. No change in viral load compared to virus-alone.		IL-33/IL-5/eosinophil axis	Chetty et al., 202172