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Cytokine responses to Schistosoma haematobium in a Zimbabwean population: contrasting profiles for IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 with age

BACKGROUND: The rate of development of parasite-specific immune responses can be studied by following their age profiles in exposed and infected hosts. This study determined the cytokine-age profiles of Zimbabweans resident in a Schistosoma haematobium endemic area and further investigated the relat...

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Autores principales: Mutapi, Francisca, Winborn, Georgina, Midzi, Nicholas, Taylor, Matthew, Mduluza, Takafira, Maizels, Rick M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2222613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18045464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-139