Giardia duodenalis: The double-edged sword of immune responses in giardiasis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-297

  Solaymani Mohammadi, Shahram ^a   Singer, Steven M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giardiasis; Immunity; Immunopathology; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAST CELL; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REINFECTION; SECONDARY INFECTION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MAST CELLS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77956233097     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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