Correlation between TH1 response standard cytokines as biomarkers in patients with the delta virus in the western Brazilian Amazon

Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is endemic in the Amazon Region and its pathophysiology is the most severe among viral hepatitis. Treatment is performed with pegylated interferon and the immune response appears to be important for infection control. HDV patients were studied: untreated and polymerase chain...

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Main Authors: Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo Nicolete, Lourdes Maria Pinheiro Borzacov, Deusilene Souza Vieira, Roberto Nicolete, Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
HDV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000400275&lng=en&tlng=en