Microfilarial clearance in loiasis involves elevation of Th1 and Th2 products and emergence of a specific pattern of T-cell populations

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 479-482

  Winkler, Stefan ^a   Paiha, Sabine ^a   Winkler, Heidi ^a   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Marberger, Michael ^a   Steiner, Georg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Loiasis; Microfilaraemia; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEADACHE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFILARIASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0029780509     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1996.tb01032.x     Document Type: Article

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