Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: Perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 389-399

  Nutman, Thomas B ^a   Kumaraswami, V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Circulating filarial antigen; Cytokine; Lymphatic filariasis; Tolerance; Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INDIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034857457     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00399.x     Document Type: Review

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