Active tuberculosis in Africa is associated with reduced Th1 and increased Th2 activity in vivo

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1605-1613

  Lienhardt, Christian ^a,b   Azzurri, Annalisa ^c   Amedei, Amedeo ^c   Fielding, Katherine ^d   Sillah, Jackson ^a,e   Sow, Oumou Y ^f   Bah, Boubacar ^f   Benagiano, Marisa ^c   Diallo, Alimou ^f   Manetti, Roberto ^c   Manneh, Kebba ^e   Gustafson, Per ^g,h   Bennett, Steve ^d   D'Elios, Mario M ^c   McAdam, Keith ^a   Del Prete, Gianfranco ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e National Leprosy Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Gambia)

^f Programme National de Lutte Anti tuberculeuse   (Guinea)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IgE; Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG 3); Soluble CD30; Th1; Th2 activity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD30 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; ISONIAZID; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD30; CHEMOKINES, CC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036087252     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200206)32:6<1605::AID-IMMU1605>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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