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An In Vitro Model for Measuring Immune Responses to Malaria in the Context of HIV Co-infection
Published on: October 6, 2015
[Immunological aspects of HCV/HIV coinfection]
Aim:
To evaluate effects of HCV/HIV coinfection on blood lymphocyte phenotype including cells CD56+.
Material And Methods:
We studied standard immunogram, subpopulational composition and functional activity of blood cells CD56+ in 67 patients with verified diagnosis of HIV infection and virus hepatitis C.
Results:
We discovered some pathogenetically sound indices of immune status in patients with HCV/HIV coinfection. Some of the immune shifts detected changed in response to intake of narcotic drugs, antiretroviral treatment, hepatic cirrhosis, pneumonia.
Conclusion:
Parameters of subpopulational composition and functional activity of cells CD56+ in the blood of patients with HCV/HIV coinfection elucidate some unknown features of the above infectious process which should be considered in this coinfection treatment and prophylaxis.
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