IL-4 specific-response in whole blood associates with human Cystic Echinococcosis and cyst activity

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-306

  Petrone, Linda ^a   Vanini, Valentina ^a   Petruccioli, Elisa ^a   Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria ^a   Busi Rizzi, Elisa ^a   Schininà, Vincenzo ^a   Girardi, Enrico ^a   Ludovisi, Alessandra ^b   Gómez Morales, María Ángeles ^b   Pozio, Edoardo ^b   Teggi, Antonella ^c   Goletti, Delia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active versus inactive cyst; Antigen B; Cysts monitoring; Diagnosis; Human cystic echinococcosis; IL 4; Serology; Ultrasonography; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; ANTIGEN B, ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LIPOPROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922772543     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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