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

Diego Lins GuedesElis Dionísio da SilvaMaria Carolina Accioly Brelaz CastroWalter Lins Barbosa JúniorAna Victoria Ibarra-MenesesAchilleas TsoumanisWim AdriaensenJohan van GriensvenValéria Rêgo Alves PereiraZulma Maria de Medeiros

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)

Higher serum levels of IL-17A, IL-6, and IL-10 cytokines were observed in symptomatic coinfected individuals but not in asymptomatically infected individuals. More studies among HIV-positive persons are needed to better understand the role of serum cytokines for prognosis, to define cure and predict VL relapses in VL-HIV coinfected individuals.

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