Correlation of parasitic load with interleukin-4 response in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-246

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Bumb, Ram Awatar ^b   Salotra, Poonam ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; IL 4; Leishmania; Leishmania tropica; Parasite load; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; RIFAMPICIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049144831     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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