Stage-specific immune responses in human Necator americanus infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 347-358

  Geiger, S M ^a,b   Caldas, I R ^a   Mc Glone, B E ^c   Campi Azevedo, A C ^a   De Oliveira, L M ^a   Brooker, S ^c   Diemert, D ^d   Correa Oliveira R ^a   Bethony, J M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hookworm; Immune response; Necator americanus; Principal components analysis; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAZIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LARVA; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WORM EGG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 34250679429     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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