Immune Mediators of protective and pathogenic immune responses in patients with mild and fatal human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis

BACKGROUND: Ehrlichia chaffeensis is a bacterial pathogen that causes fatal human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) that mimic toxic shock-like syndrome. Murine studies indicate that over activation of cellular immunity followed by immune suppression plays a central role in mediating tissue injury and or...

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Autores principales: Ismail, Nahed, Walker, David H, Ghose, Purnima, Tang, Yi-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-13-26

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