Activation of cytotoxic lymphocytes in patients with scrub typhus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-467

  De Fost, Maaike ^a   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^b   Pimda, Kriangsak ^c   Dondorp, Arjen M ^b   White, Nicholas J ^b   Van Der Poll, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Udon Thani General Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; MONOKINE; CHEMOKINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; THAILAND; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCRUB TYPHUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 18944388868     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.465     Document Type: Article

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