Helminth- and bacillus Calmette-Guerin-induced immunity in children sensitized in utero to filariasis and schistosomiasis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6843-6848

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

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TUBERCULIN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033152035     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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