Short report: Do intestinal nematodes increase the risk for multibacillary leprosy?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 852-854

  Diniz, L M ^a   Zandonade, E ^a   Dietze, R ^a   Pereira, F E L ^a   Ribeiro Rodrigues, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; TH2 CELL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEMATODA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VERMES;

EID: 0035681007     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.852     Document Type: Article

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