Cellular responses and cytokine profiles in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infected patients

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 499-509

  Geiger, Stefan ^a,b,d   Massara, Cristiano L ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey ^a,c   Soboslay, Peter T ^b   Carvalho, Omar S ^a   Corrêa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SW Foundation of Biomedical Research ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Cytokines; Immunity; Intestinal helminths; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0038707312     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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