Antigen-driven basophil activation is indicative of early Necator americanus infection in IgE-seronegative patients

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Falcone, Franco H ^a   Telford, Gary ^a   Hooi, Doreen ^a   Brown, Alan P ^a   Seabra, Rita ^a   Feary, Johanna ^a   Venn, Andrea ^a   Britton, John ^a   Pritchard, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

basophil; basophil activation test; Helminth; hookworm; Necator americanus

Indexed keywords

CD203C ANTIGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECATORIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 71249162995     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.07.039     Document Type: Article

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