The role of interleukin 17-mediated immune response in Chagas disease: High level is correlated with better left ventricular function

• Giovane R. Sousa ,

  * E-mail: giovane.sousa@gmail.com

  Current address: Section on Immunobiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.

  Affiliation Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Juliana A. S. Gomes,

  Affiliations Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Laboratory of Cell-Cell Interactions, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Marcos Paulo S. Damasio,

  Current address: Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cell-Cell Interactions, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Maria Carmo P. Nunes,

  Affiliation Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Henrique S. Costa,

  Affiliation Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Nayara I. Medeiros,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Rafaelle C. G. Fares,

  Current address: United States Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America.

  Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Ana Thereza Chaves,

  Affiliation Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, National Institutes of Science and Technology Tropical Diseases (INCT-DT), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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• Manoel Otávio C. Rocha

  Affiliation Postgraduate Course of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

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