Age- and infection intensity-dependent cytokine and antibody production in human trichuriasis: The importance of IgE

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 665-672

  Faulkner, Helen ^a   Turner, Joseph ^a   Kamgno, Joseph ^b   Pion, Seébastien D ^b   Boussinesq, Michel ^b   Bradley, Janette E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0036499271     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339005     Document Type: Article

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