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Leishmaniasis
New leishmaniasis study findings reported from F.F. Tuon and co-authors
March 17th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Parasite Immunology, "Lung disease during active human visceral leishmaniasis is frequently reported. As such, studies have associated pulmonary symptoms to interstitial pneumonitis with a mononuclear infiltrate." "However, the immune response in this condition has never been described before. The aim of this study was to determine the immunophenotypic pattern and cytokine profile of lung involvement (IPL) in human visceral leishmaniasis. Quantitative methods of analysis were performed using immunohistochemistry, and were compared with a control group of normal lung. Interstitial macrophages and cd8 cells were...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-17)
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