Human infection with Onchocerca volvulus does not affect the T helper cell phenotype of the cellular immune response to mycobacterial antigen

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 350-352

  Cooper, Philip J ^a,b,c   Guderian, Ronald H ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^c   Taylor, David W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Interferon ; Interleukin 5; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0031008695     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90103-6     Document Type: Article

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