Characterization of the inflammatory cell infiltrate and expression of costimulatory molecules in chronic echinococcus granulosus infection of the human liver

Vatankhah, Ali; Halász, József; Piurkó, Violetta; Barbai, Tamás; Rásó, Erzsébet; Tı́már, József

doi:10.1186/s12879-015-1252-x

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Characterization of the inflammatory cell infiltrate and expression of costimulatory molecules in chronic echinococcus granulosus infection of the human liver

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Nov 17, 2015

Authors:

Ali Vatankhah

József Halász

Violetta Piurkó

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The local immune responses to chronic echinococcal infections in various organs are largely unknown. Since the liver is the most frequently involved organ in such infections in human we aimed to characterize the inflammatory as well as immune cell infiltrate around hydatid cysts in the l...

Subject

Echinococcus granulosus

Parasitology

Medical microbiology

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