Lymphocyte subsets in healthy Malawians: Implications for immunologic assessment of HIV infection in Africa

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Mandala, Wilson L ^a,b   MacLennan, Jenny M ^a,d   Gondwe, Esther N ^a,b,e   Ward, Steven A ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,b   MacLennan, Calman A ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149112813     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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