Pathological manifestations in lymphatic filariasis correlate with lack of inhibitory properties of IgG4 antibodies on IgE-activated granulocytes

• Ulrich F. Prodjinotho,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Charlotte von Horn,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Alex Y. Debrah,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Linda Batsa Debrah,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Anna Albers,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Laura E. Layland,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Achim Hoerauf ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Achim Hoerauf, Tomabu Adjobimey

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Bonn-Cologne Site, German Center for Infectious Disease Research (DZIF), Bonn, Germany

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• Tomabu Adjobimey

  Contributed equally to this work with: Achim Hoerauf, Tomabu Adjobimey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Tomabu.Adjobimey@ukb.uni-bonn.de

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FAST), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Bénin

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4353-2897

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