The immunology of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zijlstra, Eduard E ^a  

^a Rotterdam Centre for Tropical Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Immune manipulation; Immune responses; Immunosuppression; PKDL; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AFRICA; ASIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONICITY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IFNGR1 GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; NONHUMAN; PAPULAR RASH; PARASITE LOAD; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 84987984620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1721-0     Document Type: Review

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