Delayed expansion of Vδ2+ and Vδ1+ γδ T cells after acute Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1387-1392

  Schwartz, Eli ^a   Shapiro, Raisa ^a   Shina, Sima ^a   Bank, Man ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Malaria; P. Falciparum; P. Vivax; T lymphocytes; t cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHIZONT; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029894196     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70208-7     Document Type: Article

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