CD16 Expression on Monocytes in Healthy Individuals but Not Schistosome-Infected Patients Is Positively Associated with Levels of Parasite-Specific IgG and IgG1

Laura J. Appleby; Norman Nausch; Louise Erskine; Claire D. Bourke; Nadine Rujeni; Nicholas Midzi; Takafira Mduluza; Francisca Mutapi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003049

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CD16 Expression on Monocytes in Healthy Individuals but Not Schistosome-Infected Patients Is Positively Associated with Levels of Parasite-Specific IgG and IgG1

Laura J. Appleby ,

* E-mail: lappleby@imperial.ac.uk

Current address: Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Norman Nausch,

Current address: Pediatric Pneumology and Infectious Diseases Group, Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology, and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Louise Erskine,

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Claire D. Bourke,

Current address: Centre for Paediatrics, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Nadine Rujeni,

Current address: National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Nicholas Midzi,

Current address: University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, Harare, Zimbabwe

Affiliation National Institutes of Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Takafira Mduluza,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Francisca Mutapi

Affiliation Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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CD16 Expression on Monocytes in Healthy Individuals but Not Schistosome-Infected Patients Is Positively Associated with Levels of Parasite-Specific IgG and IgG1

Laura J. Appleby,
Norman Nausch,
Louise Erskine,
Claire D. Bourke,
Nadine Rujeni,
Nicholas Midzi,
Takafira Mduluza,
Francisca Mutapi

Published: August 7, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003049

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