Lymphatic filariasis: Inflammatory response to wolbachia bacteria in filarial worms

Lymphology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 191-192

  Bonofiglio, M ^a,d   Hay, J ^a,b   McPherson, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Lymphovenous Canada

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEPHANTIASIS; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 39049153550     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Taylor, MJ, HF Cross, K Bilo: Inflammatory responses induced by the filarial nematode Brugia malayi are mediated by lipopolysaccharide-like activity from endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. J. Exp. Med. 191 (2000), 1429-1436.
2. Freedman, D: Filariasis. In: Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 21st ed., Krevans, J, L Goldman (Eds.), W.B.Saunders Company. Chapter 434, (2000), pp 1990-1992.