Elevated immunoglobulin E against recombinant Brugia malayi γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in patients with bancroftian filariasis: Association with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia or putative immunity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 747-753

  Lobos, Edgar ^a,d   Nutman, Thomas B ^c   Hothersall, John S ^b   Moncad, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; RECOMBINANT GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LARVAL STAGE; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA; MALE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0037306211     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.747-753.2003     Document Type: Article

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