Chitinase 3-Like 1 Protein Levels Are Elevated in Schistosoma haematobium Infected Children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Appleby, Laura J ^a   Nausch, Norman ^a   Bourke, Claire D ^a,d   Rujeni, Nadine ^a   Midzi, Nicholas ^b,e   Mduluza, Takafira ^c   Allen, Judith E ^a   Mutapi, Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE 3 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRAZIQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

ADIPOKINES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84870742500     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001898     Document Type: Article

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