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The Severity of Visceral Leishmaniasis Correlates with Elevated Levels of Serum IL-6, IL-27 and sCD14

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe disease caused by infection with protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Classic VL is characterized by a systemic infection of phagocytic cells and an intense activation of the inflammatory response. It is unclear why 90% of infected individuals do not...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Priscila L., de Oliveira, Fabrícia A., Santos, Micheli Luize B., Cunha, Luana Celina S., Lino, Michelle T. B., de Oliveira, Michelle F. S., Bomfim, Manuela O. M., Silva, Angela Maria, de Moura, Tatiana R., de Jesus, Amélia R., Duthie, Malcolm S., Reed, Steven G., de Almeida, Roque P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26814478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004375