Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) therapy and modulation of immune response in microfilaraemics with Wuchereria bancrofti infection

Biomedical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-325

  Suba, S ^a   Ravichandran, M ^a   Lalitha, P ^a   Narayanan, R B ^a   Jayaraman, K ^a   Boothby, J T ^a   Kaliraj, P ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Filariasis; Treatment; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FILARIA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OG4C3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROFILARIASIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034515198     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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