Elevated Levels of Plasma Angiogenic Factors Are Associated with Human Lymphatic Filarial Infections - Bennuru, Sasisekhar; Maldarelli, Grace; Kumaraswami, V.; Klion, Amy D.; Nutman, Thomas B. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2010)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Angiogenic Proteins - blood; Angiogenic Proteins - metabolism; Angiopoietins - blood; Angiopoietins - metabolism; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases caused by nematodes; Doxycycline - therapeutic use; Elephantiasis, Filarial - blood; Elephantiasis, Filarial - drug therapy; Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology; Elephantiasis, Filarial - parasitology; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 - blood; Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 - metabolism; Filariases; Filaricides - therapeutic use; Helminthic diseases; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Lymphatic filariases; Mali - epidemiology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors - blood; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors - metabolism; Wuchereria bancrofti; Young Adult; Mali; India; Infection; Human; Lymphatic system; Angiogenic factor; Lymph node; Nematode disease; Lymphatic; Tropical medicine; Parasitosis; Filariosis; Helminthiasis; Blood plasma