Immunological imbalance between IFN-³ and IL-10 levels in the sera of patients with the cardiac form of Chagas disease
The immune response is crucial for protection against disease; however, immunological imbalances can lead to heart and digestive tract lesions in chagasic patients. Several studies have evaluated the cellular and humoral immune responses in chagasic patients in an attempt to correlate immunological...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2009-02-01
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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=S0074-02762009000100015 |