Genetic influences on plasma cytokine variation in a parasitized population

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 515-525

  Williams Blangero, Sarah ^a   Corrêa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Vandeberg, John L ^a,c   Subedi, Janardan ^d   Upadhayay, Ram Prasad ^a   Rai, Dev Raj ^a   Jha, Bharat ^e   Blangero, John ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cytokine variation; Geohelminths; Hookworm; Immunology; Interferon; Interleukin; Jirel population; Nepal; Parasitology; Roundworm; Tumor necrosis factor; Whipworm

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEPAL; PEDIGREE; POPULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; GIARDIA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 13244281568     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0062     Document Type: Article

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