Comparison of serum cytokine levels in symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-Leishmania coinfected individuals from a Brazilian visceral leishmaniasis endemic area.

• Main Authors: Diego Lins Guedes (Author), Elis Dionísio da Silva (Author), Maria Carolina Accioly Brelaz Castro (Author), Walter Lins Barbosa Júnior (Author), Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses (Author), Achilleas Tsoumanis (Author), Wim Adriaensen (Author), Johan van Griensven (Author), Valéria Rêgo Alves Pereira (Author), Zulma Maria de Medeiros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains an important infectious disease worldwide. VL-HIV coinfected individuals can present with atypical clinical forms of VL and have a high risk of VL relapse. Some cytokines have been described as potential markers to diagnose active VL...