Congenital infections with Trypanosoma cruzi or Toxoplasma gondii are associated with decreased serum concentrations of interferon-γ and interleukin-18 but increased concentrations of interleukin-10

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Mayer, J Patino ^a,b   Biancardi, M ^c   Altcheh, J ^c   Freilij, H ^c   Weinke, T ^d   Liesenfeld, O ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Helios Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^d KLINIKUM ERNST VON BERGMANN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; NIFURTIMOX; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77957324158     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12786389891362     Document Type: Article

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