Involvement of interleukin-18 in severe Plasmodium falciaparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 236-241

  Nagamine, Yukiko ^a   Hayano, Masashi ^a   Kashiwamura, Shin Ichiro ^b   Okamura, Haruki ^b   Nakanishi, Kenji ^b   Krudsod, Srivicha ^c   Wilairatana, Polrat ^c   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^c   Kojima, Somei ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helminths; Immunobiology; Interleukin 18; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 18; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 0013251855     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90130-1     Document Type: Article

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