Investigations on the biology, epidemiology, pathology and control of Tunga penetrans in Brazil. V. Cytokine concentrations in experimentally infected Wistar rats

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Feldmeier, Hermann ^a   Witt, Lars Henrik ^a   Schwalfenberg, Stefan ^a   Ribeiro, Ronaldo Albuquerque ^b   Cunha, Fernando Queiroz ^c   Harms, Gundel ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^d   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE INDUCED NEUTROPHIL CHEMOATTRACTANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; SILICONE OIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLEA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SAND FLEA; TUNGIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-4; KINETICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 11144347035     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1219-0     Document Type: Article

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