Impairment of tetanus toxoid-specific Th1-like immune responses in humans infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 269-272

  Sabin, Elizabeth A ^b   Araujo, Maria Ilima ^b   Carvalho, Edgar M ^b   Pearce, Edward J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0030060748     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.269     Document Type: Article

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