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Contrasting Phenotypes of Neutrophils During Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Leishmania braziliensis Infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 16 Dec 2024
Conceição Jacilara A, Carneiro Pedro P, Dórea Andreza S, Oliveira Walker N, Muniz Aline C, Carvalho Edgar M, Wilson Mary E, Bacellar Olívia
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BACKGROUND: The mechanisms that mediate immune protection in individuals with subclinical (SC) or asymptomatic infection with Leishmania braziliensis are largely unknown. Neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMNs]) have been implicated in progressive symptomatic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), but their potential participation in maintenance of subclinical infection is unexplored. The aim of this study was to...
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