Serial measurement of the circulating levels of tumour necrosis factor and its soluble receptors 1 and 2 for monitoring leprosy patients during multidrug treatment
Leprosy is an infectious and contagious spectral disease accompanied by a series of immunological events triggered by the host response to the aetiologic agent, Mycobacterium leprae . The induction and maintenance of the immune/inflammatory response in leprosy are linked to multiple cell interaction...
Main Authors: | Rosane Dias Costa, Vanessa Amaral Mendonca, Frederico Marianetti Soriani, Sandra Lyon, Rachel Adriana Penido, Ana Maria Duarte Dias Costa, Marina Dias Costa, Fabio de Souza Terra, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Carlos Mauricio de Figueiredo Antunes, Antonio Lucio Teixeira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2013-12-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000801051&lng=en&tlng=en |
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