Public health and vaccines - Immune responses in developed versus poor countries

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 834-835

  Markus, Miles B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE; ZINC;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANITATION; TETANUS; TH1 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINES;

EID: 0345687306     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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