Inorganic particles in the skin of inhabitants of volcanic areas of Central America: their possible immunomodulatory influence in leishmaniasis and leprosy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 734-739

  Convit, J ^a   Ulrich, M ^a   Castillo, J ^b   De Lima, H ^a   Perez M ^c   Caballero, N ^d   Hung, J ^e   Arana, B ^f   Perez P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Fundación para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos   (Nicaragua)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis; Central America; Environmental elements; Immunomodulation; Leishmanin reaction; PPD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GUATEMALA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLUNTEER;

ALUMINUM; CENTRAL AMERICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREIGN BODIES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEPROSY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SKIN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 33744987915     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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