Immunologic aspects of the pathogenesis of human onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a parasitic disease that affects more than 20 million people globally. The induction of pathology is directly related to the presence and destruction of the microfilarial stages (mf) of this filarial nematode. The disease presents clinically with a wide spectru...

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Main Author: Ali, Magdi Mahmoud
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Wenner-Grens institut för experimentell biologi 2006
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