A case study of cytokine profiles in acute human babesiosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-337

  Shaio, Men Fang ^a   Lin, Pey R U ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; QUININE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0031946644     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.335     Document Type: Article

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