Pro-inflammatory cytokine production in chagasic mothers and their uninfected newborns

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 891-894

  Cuna, Washington R ^a   Choque, Ana Gabriela Herrera ^a   Passera, Roberto ^a,b   Rodriguez, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PATHOGEN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 73949160852     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1927.1     Document Type: Article

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