Prolonged Th2 cell activation and increased viral replication in HIV-Leishmania co-infected patients despite treatment

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 434-435

  Cacopardo, B ^a,c   Nigro, L ^a   Preiser, W ^b   Fama A ^a   Satariano, M I ^a   Braner, J ^b   Celesia, B M ^a   Weber, B ^b   Russo, R ^a   Doerr, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Istituto Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Human immunodeficiency virus; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Th2 cells; Viral replication

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; VIRUS RNA; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CYTOKINE; MEGLUMINE; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONIATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; VIRUS REPLICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 16044367381     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90538-6     Document Type: Article

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