Pathogenesis of onchocercal keratitis (river blindness)

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Hall, Laurie R ^a   Pearlman, Eric ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GORILLA; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032797842     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.12.3.445     Document Type: Article

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