Discordance in CD4+T-cell levels and viral loads with co-occurrence of elevated peripheral TNF-α and IL-4 in newly diagnosed HIV-TB co-infected cases.

BACKGROUND: Cytokines are the hallmark of immune response to different pathogens and often dictate the disease outcome. HIV infection and tuberculosis (TB) are more destructive when confronted together than either alone. Clinical data related to the immune status of HIV-TB patients before the initia...

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Hauptverfasser:	Ronald Benjamin, Atoshi Banerjee, Sharada Ramaseri Sunder, Sumanlatha Gaddam, Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri, Sharmistha Banerjee
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3731333?pdf=render
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