Immunophenotyping of circulating T cells in a mucosal leishmaniasis patient coinfected with HIV

HIV coinfection modifies the clinical course of leishmaniasis by promoting a Th2 pattern of cytokine production. However, little information is available regarding the lymphocytic response in untreated coinfected patients. This work presents the immunophenotyping of Leishmania-stimulated T cells fro...

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Main Authors: Lúcio Roberto Castellano, Mauricio Llaguno, Marcos Vinícius Silva, Juliana Reis Machado, Dalmo Correia, Mario León Silva-Vergara, Virmondes Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000400025&lng=en&tlng=en