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Inflammation enhances the risks of stroke and death in chronic chagas disease p...
Guedes, Paulo Marcos da Matta; Andrade, Cléber Mesquita de; Nunes, Daniela Ferreira; Pereira, Nathalie de Sena; Queiroga, Tamyres Bernadete DantasIschemic strokes have been implicated as a cause of death in Chagas disease patients. Inflammation has been recognized as a key component in all ischemic processes, including the intravascular events triggered by vessel interruption, brain damage and repair. In this study, we evaluated the association between inflammatory markers and the death risk (DR) and stroke risk (SR) of patients with different clinical f...
Naturally Leishmania infantum-infected dogs display an overall impairment of ch...
Nascimento, Manuela Sales Lima; Albuquerque, Talyta D. R.; Matta, Maria Adelaide do Valle; Caldas, Ivo Santana; Diniz, Lívia de FigueiredoDogs are the primary reservoir for Leishmania parasites. The immune response induced by Leishmania infantum infection in these animals has not been completely elucidated, and few studies have investigated the relationship between the expression levels of chemokines and chemokine receptors and the clinical status of dogs with canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL). The aim of this study was to correlate the clinica...