Cytokine patterns in seropositive and seronegative patients with Echinococcus granulosus infection

Immunology Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Rigano R ^a   Profumo, E ^a   Ioppolo, S ^b   Notargiacomo, S ^a   Teggi, A ^c   Siracusano, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Seronegativity; Th1 Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESTODE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032433802     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(98)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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