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ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2021

Cytokine Response Profiles of School-Aged Children Infected with Schistosomiasis before and after Praziquantel Treatment.

Edward Okonjo, Dorcas Yole, Dorington Ogoyi

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Article in Journal of tropical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edward OkonjoDepartment of Applied and Technical Biology, Technical University of Kenya, P.O. Box 52482-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-3008
Dorcas YoleDepartment of Applied and Technical Biology, Technical University of Kenya, P.O. Box 52482-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Dorington OgoyiNational Biosafety Authority, P. O Box 28251-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Technical University of Kenya · KE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects millions of people in 78 countries globally. Children under the age of 14, who have the chronic disease may suffer from anemia and malnutrition that contribute to lost days at school and pervasive learning disabilities. The infection is prevalent in Kenya, especially in endemic areas, contributing to significant morbidity. The cellular response pattern is associated with both the acute and chronic phases of the disease, in which cytokines play a critical role. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cytokine profiles of IL-4, IL-2, IL-10, IL-5, IFN-

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PMID34239575
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