Hepatosplenomegaly associated with chronic malaria exposure: Evidence for a pro-inflammatory mechanism exacerbated by schistosomiasis

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Wilson, S ^a   Jones, F M ^a   Mwatha, J K ^b   Kimani, G ^b   Booth, M ^a   Kariuki, H C ^c   Vennervald, B J ^d   Ouma, J H ^b   Muchiri, E ^c   Dunne, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Co infection; Cytokines; Hepatosplenomegaly; Human; Malaria; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CINTREDEKIN BESUDOTOX; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 2;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-13; KENYA; LYMPHOKINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENOMEGALY;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 58249117739     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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