Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis and Immunological Memory: Effect on Phenotypic Lymphocyte Profiles and Humoral Immunity
In mice, experimental infection with Trypanosoma brucei causes decreased bone marrow B-cell development, abolished splenic B-cell maturation and loss of antibody mediated protection including vaccine induced memory responses. Nothing is known about this phenomenon in human African trypanosomiasis (H...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946376/ |