Evidence for a predominant proinflammatory conjunctival cytokine response in individuals with trachoma

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3273-3279

  Bobo, Linda ^a,e   Novak, Nicole ^a   Mkocha, Harran ^b   Vitale, Susan ^c   West, Sheila ^d   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0030036898     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3273-3279.1996     Document Type: Article

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