Regulation of anti-filarial IgE by infection pressure

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-519

  Terhell, A J ^a   Stolk, W A ^a   Haarbrink, M ^a   Mangali, A ^a   Van Oortmarssen, G J ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; IgE; IgG4; Infection; Microfilaria; Transmission intensity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INDONESIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFILARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI;

EID: 0036092423     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002001543     Document Type: Article

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