Maternal filarial infection: Association of anti-sheath antibody responses with plasma levels of IFN-γ and IL-10

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 598-603

  Achary, K G ^a   Mandal, N N ^a   Mishra, S ^a   Sarangi, S S ^b   Kar, S K ^a   Satapathy, A K ^a   Bal, M S ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b District Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

anti sheath antibodies; cytokines; filariasis; maternal filarial infection

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; PREGNANCY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84875203997     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012002144     Document Type: Article

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