Evaluation of Regulatory Immune Response in Skin Lesions of Patients Affected by Nonulcerated or Atypical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Honduras, Central America

• Hauptverfasser: Gabriela Venicia Araujo Flores (Verfasst von), Carmen Maria Sandoval Pacheco (Verfasst von), Thaise Yumie Tomokane (Verfasst von), Wilfredo Sosa Ochoa (Verfasst von), Concepción Zúniga Valeriano (Verfasst von), Claudia Maria Castro Gomes (Verfasst von), Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett (Verfasst von), Marcia Dalastra Laurenti (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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In Honduras, Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi causes both visceral leishmaniasis (LV) and nonulcerated or atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis (NUCL). NUCL is characterized by mononuclear inflammatory infiltration of the dermis, composed mainly of lymphocytes followed by macrophages with discrete parasi...