Filarial Lymphedema Is Characterized by Antigen-Specific Th1 and Th17 Proinflammatory Responses and a Lack of Regulatory T Cells

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Subash Babu ,

* E-mail: sbabu@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, SAIC–Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Sajid Q. Bhat,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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N. Pavan Kumar,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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Angelo B. Lipira,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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Sanath Kumar,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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C. Karthik,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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V. Kumaraswami,

Affiliations National Institutes of Health–International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, Tuberculosis Research Center, Chennai, India
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Thomas B. Nutman

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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