Do dietary supply with polyunsaturated fatty acids and resulting maternal effects influence host -- parasite interactions?
Considering the direct and maternal effects of dietary PUFAs on host and parasite we propose that host - parasite interactions and thus disease dynamics under natural conditions are subject to the availability of dietary PUFAs.
Our study showed that the diagnostic prerequisites were widely unfulfilled, although approximately half of the diagnoses were conclusive for inflammatory bowel disease. Thus, in our assessment of clinical practice: (1) clinicians seldom provide suitable clinical and/or endoscopic information for a histological diagnosis and (2) histopathological diagnoses of inflammatory bowel disease are often not supported by morphology.