Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis and immunity

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-279

  Friedman, Herman ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a   Klein, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0036820489     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/spid.2002.127206     Document Type: Review

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