Immunoepidemiological Profiling of Onchocerciasis Patients Reveals Associations with Microfilaria Loads and Ivermectin Intake on Both Individual and Community Levels

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Arndts, Kathrin ^a   Specht, Sabine ^a   Debrah, Alexander Y ^b,c   Tamarozzi, Francesca ^d   Klarmann Schulz, Ute ^a   Mand, Sabine ^a   Batsa, Linda ^b   Kwarteng, Alexander ^a   Taylor, Mark ^d   Adjei, Ohene ^b,c   Martin, Coralie ^e   Layland, Laura E ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOEPIDEMIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE LOAD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895773706     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002679     Document Type: Article

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