The eosinophilic response and haematological recovery after treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 471-475

  Camacho, Luis H ^a,e   Wilairatana, Polarat ^b   Weiss, Günter ^c   Mercader, Marco A ^a   Brittenham, Gary M ^d   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^b   Gordeuk, Victor R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Eosinophilia; Eosinophils; Haemoglobin concentration; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Th 2 immune response

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CYTOKINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032796484     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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