Characterization of human immune responses to the cytosolic superoxide dismutase and glutathione S-transferase from Onchocerca volvulus

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 788-798

  Brattig, N W ^a,b   Henkle Duhrsen K ^a   Hounkpatin, S ^c   Liebau, E ^a   Kruppa, T F ^a   Zipfel, P F ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire   (Benin)

Author keywords

cytokines; immune responses; Onchocerca volvulus; OvGST2; OvSOD1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELMINTH PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; VERMES;

EID: 0030850151     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-384.x     Document Type: Article

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