Cytokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum liver-stage antigen 1 vary in rainy and dry seasons in highland Kenya

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 5198-5204

  John, C C ^a   Sumba, P O ^a   Ouma, J H ^a   Nahlen, B L ^a   King, C L ^a   Kazura, J W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS;

EID: 0033850034     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.9.5198-5204.2000     Document Type: Article

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