title: Rheumatoid arthritis patients are free of filarial infection in an area where filariasis is endemic: comment on the article by Pineda et al.
authors: Aditya K
authors: AK
authors: Panda
authors: Balachandran
authors: B
authors: Ravindran
authors: Bidyut K
authors: BK
authors: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001169:Arthritis, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020381:Interleukin-17 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015801:Helminth Proteins; D020381:Interleukin-17