[Study of cellular immunity in patients with Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis].
Cellular immunity against Leishmania infantum antigens was studied in visceral leishmaniasis patients and healthy subjects living in a endemic area. Only the healthy subjects were TTL positive with production of gamma interferon, whereas the visceral leishmaniasis patients presented a transitory inhibition of their specific cellular response mechanisms.
Dunan
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Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
Meller
C
C
Kaplanski
S
S
Mary
C
C
Faugère
B
B
Franck
J
J
Toga
I
I
Farnarier
C
C
Quilici
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007223:Infant; D007378:Interleukins / Q000032:analysis; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000276:immunology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008875:Middle Aged
D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D007378:Interleukins; D015232:Dinoprostone
Etude de l'immunité cellulaire chez des malades atteints de leishmaniose viscérale méditerranéenne.