Th1-like antifilarial immune responses predominate in antigen-negative persons

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2962-2967

  Dimock, Kathleen A ^a   Eberhard, Mark L ^a   Lammie, Patrick J ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030056170     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2962-2967.1996     Document Type: Article

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