Decreased interleukin-4 and increased gamma interferon production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with Lyme borreliosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3620-3623

  Oksi, Jarmo ^a,b,f   Savolainen, Johannes ^a,c   Pène, Jérôme ^c   Bousquet, Jean ^c   Laippala, Pekka ^d   Viljanen, Matti K ^b,e  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Depts Med Microbiol and Dermatol   (Finland)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

EID: 0029736634     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3620-3623.1996     Document Type: Article

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