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Correlation between TH1 response standard cytokines as biomarkers in patients with the delta virus in the western Brazilian Amazon.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Apr 2016
Nicolete Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo, Borzacov Lourdes Maria Pinheiro, Vieira Deusilene Souza, Nicolete Roberto, Salcedo Juan Miguel Villalobos
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is endemic in the Amazon Region and its pathophysiology is the most severe among viral hepatitis. Treatment is performed with pegylated interferon and the immune response appears to be important for infection control. HDV patients were studied: untreated and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive (n = 9), anti-HDV positive and PCR negative (n = 8), and responders to treatment (n = 12)....
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