Chemotherapy for Schistosomiasis in Ugandan Fishermen: Treatment Can Cause a Rapid Increase in Interleukin-5 Levels in Plasma but Decreased Levels of Eosinophilia and Worm-Specific Immunoglobulin E

Chemotherapy for blood-dwelling schistosomes kills the worms and exposes parasite antigen to the circulation. In many people from areas of endemicity, this treatment increases parasite-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) and other Th2 responses in the months following therapy, responses that have been a...

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Main Authors: Fitzsimmons, Colin M., Joseph, Sarah, Jones, Frances M., Reimert, Claus M., Hoffmann, Karl F., Kazibwe, Francis, Kimani, Gachuhi, Mwatha, Joseph K., Ouma, John H., Tukahebwa, Edridah M., Kariuki, Henry. C., Vennervald, Birgitte J., Kabatereine, Narcis B., Dunne, David W.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2004
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC427444/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15213147
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.72.7.4023-4030.2004
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