Immunopathogenesis of lymphatic filarial disease

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 847-861

  Babu, Subash ^a,c   Nutman, Thomas B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Filariasis; Hydrocele; Immunity; Lymphedema; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY INFECTION; TROPICAL LUNG EOSINOPHILIA; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 84876015631     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-012-0346-4     Document Type: Review

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