IFN-γ is associated with risk of Schistosoma japonicum infection in China

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 483-487

  Shen, L ^a   Zhang, Z S ^a   Wu, H W ^a   Weir, R E ^b   Xie, Z W ^c   Hu, L S ^c   Chen, S Z ^a   Ji, M J ^a   Su, C ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Bickle, Q D ^b   Cousens, S N ^b   Taylor, M G ^a,b   Wu, G L ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Jiangxi Prov Inst Parasitic Dis   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cytokines; IFN ; Immunity; Praziquantel; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; WATER;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 1542511729     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2003.t01-1-00661.x     Document Type: Article

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