Schistosome infections: An Indian perspective

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages DE01-DE04

  Kali, Arunava ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bilharziasis; Cercarial dermatitis; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; BULINUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CERCARIAL DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; ORIENTOBILHARZIA DATTAI; ORIENTOBILHARZIA TURKESTANICUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA BOMFORDI; SCHISTOSOMA GUINEENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INDICUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA NASALE; SCHISTOSOMA SPINDALIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 84922258022     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/10512.5521     Document Type: Article

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