Effect of deworming on human T cell responses to mycobacterial antigens in helminth-exposed individuals before and after bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-225

  Elias, D ^a   Wolday, D ^a,b   Akuffo, H ^b   Petros, B ^c   Bronner, U ^d   Britton, S ^a,d  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BCG; Helminth; Interferon gamma; Lymphoproliferation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BCG VACCINE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035111178     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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