γδ T cells: Their immunobiology and role in malaria infections

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Rzepczyk, Christine M ^a   Anderson, Karen ^a   Stamatiou, Steve ^a   Townsend, Esther ^a   Allworth, Anthony ^a   McCormack, J ^b   Whitby, Michael ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

T cells; disease; immunoregulation; infection; malaria; pathology; protection

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0031079687     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00149-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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