Analysis of complex patterns of human exposure and immunity to Schistosomiasis mansoni: The influence of age, sex, ethnicity and IgE

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  de Moira, Angela Pinot ^a   Fulford, Anthony J C ^a,b   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^c   Ouma, John H ^d   Booth, Mark ^a,e   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TAL1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149275584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000820     Document Type: Article

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