Serum interferon activity of patients with leishmaniasis
Braz. j. med. biol. res
;
22(12): 1485-7, Dec. 1989. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-83153
ABSTRACT
Serum from a significant proportion of 29 cutaneous and 12 mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients exhibited interferon activity in a cytopathic assay positive tests were obtained for 24.1% and 41.7% of the patients, respectively. Similar positive frequencies were observed in other parasitic diseases (schistosomiasis, 12.5%; toxoplasmosis, 20%; Chagas' disease, 16%; leprosy, 12.5%; tuberculosis, 30%). In contrast, none of the 44 serum samples from American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) patients had interferon activity during the active stage of the disease. However, 13% of the samples obtained from patients recovered from AVL were positive
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Leishmaniasis
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Interferons
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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