Helminth mediated modulation of the systemic and mycobacterial antigen - stimulated cytokine profiles in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.

• Hoofdauteurs: Gokul Raj Kathamuthu (Auteur), Saravanan Munisankar (Auteur), Rathinam Sridhar (Auteur), Dhanaraj Baskaran (Auteur), Subash Babu (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Helminth infections are known to regulate cytokine responses in both pulmonary and latent tuberculosis infection. Whether helminth infections also modulate cytokine responses in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, specifically tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL), has not been examined thus far. MET...