Elevated cellular immune responses and interferon-γ release after long-term diethylcarbamazine treatment of patients with human lymphatic filariasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1683-1687

  Sartono, Erliyani ^a,b,c   Kruize, Yvonne C M ^a,b,c   Kurniawan, Agnes ^a,b,c   Van der Meide, Peter H ^a,b,c   Partono, Felix ^a,b,c   Maizels, Rick M ^a,b,c   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a,b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 0029005645     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.6.1683     Document Type: Article

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