Differential expression of Toll-like receptors in dendritic cells of patients with dengue during early and late acute phases of the disease.

• Main Authors: Silvia Torres (Author), Juan Carlos Hernández (Author), Diana Giraldo (Author), Margarita Arboleda (Author), Mauricio Rojas (Author), Jolanda M Smit (Author), Silvio Urcuqui-Inchima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is observed in individuals that have pre-existing heterotypic dengue antibodies and is associated with increased viral load and high levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines early in infection. Interestingly, a recent study showed that dengue...