Necator americanus and helminth co-infections: Further down-modulation of hookworm-specific type 1 immune responses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Geiger, Stefan Michael ^a,b   Alexander, Neal Douglas Edward ^b,c   Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio ^d   Brooker, Simon ^c   Cundill, Bonnie ^c   Diemert, David Joseph ^b   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey Michael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BOOTSTRAPPING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; NEMATODIASIS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK REDUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053446051     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001280     Document Type: Article

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