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 · 151 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases +7

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

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Macrophages activated as suspension cultures with lymphocyte mediators devoid of antigen become cytotoxic for tumor cells.

W. H. Churchill, W F Piessens, Carol Sulis et al. · PubMed · 1975 · 135 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +7

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

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +14

Chitin synthesis and sheath morphogenesis in Brugia malayi microfilariae

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

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +11