Helminth infections, allergic disorders and immune
responses: studies in Indonesia
Wahyuni, Sitti
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Wahyuni, S. (2006, November 22). Helminth infections, allergic disorders
and immune responses: studies in Indonesia. Retrieved from
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Helminth infections, allergic disorders
and immune responses:
studies in Indonesia
Helminth infections, allergic disorders
and immune responses:
studies in Indonesia
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D.D. Breimer,
hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en
Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 22 november 2006
klokke 16.15 uur
door
Sitti Wahyuni
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. Dr. A.M. Deelder
MW. Prof. Dr. M. Yazdanbakhsh
Co-promotor: Mw. Dr. J.J. Houwing-Duistermaat
Referent: Mw. Prof. Dr. E. Devaney
(University of Glasgow, UK)
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. J.T. van Dissel
Mw. Prof. Dr. D.S. Postma (UMC, Groningen) Prof. Dr. Irawan Yusuf
(University of Hasanuddin, Indonesia) Dr. J.S. van der Zee
(AMC, Amsterdam)
ISBN : 979-15278-0-1
The studies presented in this thesis was funded by: The Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (W93-325); Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC); Van Deventer-Maas Stichting; European Commission, INCO programme, contract no: ICA4-CT-2001-10081; GLOFAL project FP6-2003-FOOD-2-B; Indonesia Embassy in the Netherlands, and Pembinaan Iptek Kedokteran 2005, Litbangkes, Indonesia.
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction
Chapter 2 Comparison of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
(ELISA) and a radioallergosorbent test (RAST) for detection of IgE antibodies to Brugia malayi
Chapter 3 Anti-filarial and total IgG4 and IgE antibody levels are correlated in mothers and their offspring
Chapter 4 Clustering of filarial infection in an age graded study: genetic, household and environmental influences
Chapter 5 The performance of ISAAC questionnaires and SPT/
serology to assess clinical allergy in Indonesian school children with different socioeconomic status
Chapter 6 Asthma and atopy in school children from different
socioeconomic backgrounds in Makassar: a study on environment factors, nutritional status and helminth infections
Chapter 7 Clustering of allergic outcomes within families and
households in areas endemic for helminth infection
Chapter 8 Activity of the toll like receptor ligands in children living in areas endemic for intestinal helminth infections
Chapter 9 General discussion
