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Impact of HIV co-infection on immunological biomarker profile of HTLV-1 infecte...

Analysis of the immunological biomarker profile during acute zika virus infecti...

BACKGROUND Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) manifests in a broad spectrum of disease ranging from mild illness to severe neurological complications and little is known about Zika immunopathogenesis. OBJECTIVES To define the immunologic biomarkers that correlate with acute ZIKV infection. METHODS We characterized the levels of circulating cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in 54 infected patients of both ...

IFN-? as a time-sensitive biomarker during Oropouche virus infection in early a...

Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.; Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil / Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Ren? Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Ren? Rachou. Belo Horizon...

17DD Yellow Fever revaccination and heightened long-term immunity in population...

Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior, Bio-Manguinhos/FIOCRUZ, PROEP/ CPqRR/FIOCRUZ, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico?CNPq (grant nos. 444417/2014-1 and 458134/2014-7), and Programa Nacional de Imuniza??es, Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de?Minist?rio da Sa?de, Brazil (grant no. TC 277/2013). O.A.M.-F., A...

Infection of hematopoietic stem cells by Leishmania infantum increases erythrop...

Immunosuppression is a well-established risk factor for Visceral Leishmaniasis. Post-immunosuppression leishmaniasis is characterized by an increase of parasite burden, hematopoietic disorders and unusual clinical manifestations. Although there are many reports on bone marrow findings in VL, less is known about the relationship between parasite dynamics in this organ and the function of either hematopoietic ste...

Toxoplasma gondii infection and chronic schizophrenia: is there any association?

Background: Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection has been identified as a risk factor for schizophrenia. Objectives: Herein, we sought to evaluate the association between T. gondii infection and clinical symptoms and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with 48 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 40 controls. Peripheral blood was drawn, and IgM and...

Seroprevalence of Chagas disease in schoolchildren from two municipalities of J...

Six years after the beginning of the epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in Berilo and José Gonçalves de Minas, Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, a serological inquiry was performed to observe whether the transmission of this endemy was occurring in this area. A randomized sample of 1,412 children seven to 14 years old, was screened. Six asymptomatic children were found to be positive, leading to 0.4...