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MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
Volume 104, Issue 2, Pages 273-280Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000200021
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Toxoplasma gondii; Ascaris lumbricoides; uveitis; retinochoroiditis; environmental contamination; cytokines
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Toxoplasmosis and ascaridiasis evoke polar Th-1 and Th-2 host immune responses, respectively. A study to investigate the specific cytokine profile production by in vitro cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from individuals living under precarious sanitary conditions in a highly endemic area for the parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Ascaris lumbricoides was conducted. High levels of both IFN-gamma (Th-1) and IL-13 (Th-2) were observed in groups of co-infected individuals presenting toxoplasmic ocular lesions. Significantly lower IL-10 and TGF-beta levels were produced by co-infected individuals in comparison with groups of individuals not infected with A. lumbricoides and either positive or negative for T. gondii living under good sanitary conditions (control groups). The possible influence of co-parasitism on the clinical presentation of ocular toxoplasmosis is discussed.
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