Combined diagnostic methods identify a remarkable proportion of asymptomatic Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi carriers who present modulated cytokine profiles

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-555

  de Gouvêa Viana, Luciana ^a,b   de Assis, Tália Santana Machado ^a   Orsini, Marcela ^a,b   da Silva, Alexandre Rotondo ^a   de Souza, Guenael Freire ^a   Caligiorne, Rachel ^a   da Silva, Aline Christiane Louredo ^a   Peruhype Magalhães, Vanessa ^a   Marciano, Ana Paula Vieira ^a   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^a   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Brazil; Cytokines profile; Leishmania chagasi; PCR; Serological tests; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TEST; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 43149126572     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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