Antigen-specific proliferation and interferon-γ and interleukin-5 production are down-regulated during Schistosoma Haematobium infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1433-1437

  Grogan, Jane L ^b   Kremsner, Peter G ^b   Deelder, André M ^b   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031923761     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517832     Document Type: Article

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