Immunologic profiles of persons recruited for a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of hookworm infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 911-916

  Blount, Daniel ^a   Hooi, Doreen ^a   Feary, Johanna ^a   Venn, Andrea ^a   Telford, Gary ^a   Brown, Alan ^a   Britton, John ^a   Pritchard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLACEBO; CYTOKINE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHILIA; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NECATOR AMERICANUS; TIME;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449730700     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0237     Document Type: Article

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