Chronic hepatitis B virus infection drives changes in systemic immune activation profile in patients coinfected with Plasmodium vivax malaria.

Chronic hepatitis B virus infection drives changes in systemic immune activation profile in patients coinfected with Plasmodium vivax malaria.

<h4>Background</h4>Plasmodium vivax and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are globally outspread in similar geographic regions. The concurrence of both infections and its association with some degree of protection against symptomatic and/or severe vivax malaria has been already described. Neverthe...

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Main Authors: Luís A B Cruz, Marina O A Moraes, Matheus R Queiroga-Barros, Kiyoshi F Fukutani, Manoel Barral-Netto, Bruno B Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007535

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007535

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