B cell sensitization to Helminthic infection develops in utero in humans

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3578-3584

  King, Christopher L ^a,d   Malhotra, Indu ^a   Mungai, Peter ^b   Wamachi, Alex ^c   Kioko, John ^b   Ouma, John H ^b   Kazura, James W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Vector Borne Diseases   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; FETUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MITOGENS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0032055983     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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