W F Piessens

Acute attacks in the extremities of persons living in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis: differentiation of two syndromes

Gerusa Dreyer, Zulma Medeiros, Maria José Netto et al. · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1999 · 150 citations · Full text

Parasitic Disease, Bancroftian Filariasis, Area Endemic +12

Immune responses in human infections with Brugia malayi: specific cellular unresponsiveness to filarial antigens.

W F Piessens, P. B. McGreevy, Patricia W. Piessens et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1980 · 148 citations · Full text

Parasitic Disease, Immunodeficiencies, Innate Immune System +20

Transmission-blocking antibodies recognize microfilarial chitinase in brugian lymphatic filariasis.

Juliet A. Fuhrman, W S Lane, Roger Smith et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1992 · 112 citations · Full text

Ophthalmology, Parasitic Nematode, Pathogenesis +14

Chitin synthesis and sheath morphogenesis in Brugia malayi microfilariae

Juliet A. Fuhrman, W F Piessens · Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology · 1985 · 104 citations

Biology, Chitin Synthesis, Microbiology +1

B-Cell Outgrowth and Ligand-Specific Production of IL-10 Correlate with Th2 Dominance in Certain Parasitic Diseases

V. Palanivel, C. Posey, Achim Hörauf et al. · Experimental Parasitology · 1996 · 99 citations

Inflammation, Autoimmune Disease, Pathogenesis +12