INVESTIGADORES
BOTTASSO Oscar Adelmo
artículos
Título:
The cellular immune response to common mycobacterial antigens is suppressed in persons seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi
Autor/es:
BOTTASSO O; INGLEDEW N; KENI M; MORINI J; PIVIDORI J; ROOK GAW; STANFORD J
Revista:
LANCET
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 1994 vol. 344 p. 1540 - 1541
ISSN:
0140-6736
Resumen:
The immune response is impaired in the silent stage ofChagas? disease. We used quadruple skin-testing with newtuberculins in 37 adults who were symptom-free butseropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi and in 37 matchedseronegative controls. Whereas 19% of controls respondedto common mycobacterial antigens, none of the Chagas?seropositive group responded to them (p
