Innate Immune Responses and Antioxidant/Oxidant Imbalance Are Major Determinants of Human Chagas Disease

Monisha Dhiman; Yun A. Coronado; Cecilia K. Vallejo; John R. Petersen; Adetoun Ejilemele; Sonia Nuñez; Maria Paola Zago; Heidi Spratt; Nisha Jain Garg

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002364

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Innate Immune Responses and Antioxidant/Oxidant Imbalance Are Major Determinants of Human Chagas Disease

Monisha Dhiman,

Current address: Center for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab in Bathinda, Punjab, India.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Yun A. Coronado,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Cecilia K. Vallejo,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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John R. Petersen,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Adetoun Ejilemele,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Sonia Nuñez,

Affiliation Hospital Público de Gestión Descentralizada San Bernardo (HPGDSA), Salta, Argentina
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Maria Paola Zago,

Affiliation Instituto de Patología Experimental (IPE), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Salta, Argentina
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Heidi Spratt,

Affiliation Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Nisha Jain Garg

* E-mail: nigarg@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Faculty of the Center for Tropical Diseases, and the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Innate Immune Responses and Antioxidant/Oxidant Imbalance Are Major Determinants of Human Chagas Disease

Monisha Dhiman,
Yun A. Coronado,
Cecilia K. Vallejo,
John R. Petersen,
Adetoun Ejilemele,
Sonia Nuñez,
Maria Paola Zago,
Heidi Spratt,
Nisha Jain Garg

Published: August 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002364

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