Wuchereria bancrofti: Diminished platelet activation in filarial patients

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-123

  Krushna, N S A ^a,b,c   Shiny, C ^a,b,c   Verma, Pankaj ^a,b,c   Nithya, D ^a,b,c   Basker, P ^a,b,c   Elango, S ^a,b,c   Babu, Subash ^a,b,c   Narayanan, R B ^a,b,c  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Government of Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Activation; Aggregation; Collagen; PAC 1; Platelets; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 2; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETAL CALF SERUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERNATANT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FILARIASIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951912501     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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