Coinfection with different Trypanosoma cruzi strains interferes with the host immune response to infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Rodrigues, Claudiney Melquíades ^a   Valadares, Helder Magno Silva ^a   Francisco, Amanda Fortes ^b   Arantes, Jerusa Marilda ^c   Campos, Camila França ^a   Teixeira Carvalho, Andréa ^c   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^c   Araujo, Márcio Sobreira Silva ^c   Arantes, Rosa Maria Esteves ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a   Franco, Glória Regina ^a   Machado, Carlos Renato ^a   Pena, Sérgio Danilo Junho ^a   Faria, Ana Maria Caetano ^a   Macedo, Andréa Mara ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYOCARDIUM; PARASITEMIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78449257994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000846     Document Type: Article

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