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Peripheral Blood Monocytes With an Antiinflammatory Phenotype Display Limited Phagocytosis and Oxidative Burst in Patients With Visceral Leishmaniasis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 24 Aug 2018
Singh Neetu, Kumar Rajiv, Chauhan Shashi Bhushan, Engwerda Christian, Sundar Shyam
Abstract excerpt
Background: Monocytes are important effector cells during Leishmania infection, and changes in their functions may impact development of immunity. However, functional characteristics of monocytes in patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains poorly understood. Methods: Peripheral blood monocytes from patients with VL and healthy endemic controls from Muzaffarpur, India, were isolated and compared in an ex...
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