Leishmania infantum amastigotes enhance HIV-1 production in cocultures of human dendritic cells and CD4 T cells by inducing secretion of IL-6 and TNF-alpha.

Visceral leishmaniasis has emerged as an important opportunistic disease among patients infected with HIV-1. Both HIV-1 and the protozoan parasite Leishmania can productively infect cells of the macrophage-dendritic cell lineage.Here we demonstrate that Leishmania infantum amastigotes increase HIV-1...

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Main Authors: Ravendra Garg (Author), Corinne Barat (Author), Michel Ouellet (Author), Robert Lodge (Author), Michel J Tremblay (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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