Depression of antigen-specific interleukin-5 and interferon-γ responses in human lymphatic filariasis as a function of clinical status and age

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1276-1280

  Sartono, Erliyani ^b   Kruize, Yvonne C M ^b   Kurniawan, Agnes ^b   Maizels, Rick M ^b   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0030961515     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593701     Document Type: Article

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