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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 95, No. s1, 2000, pp. 141-144
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Bioline Code: oc00171
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 95, No. s1, 2000, pp. 141-144
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Immunocompromised Host: from the Early Events until the Impact of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Sylvio Celso Gonçalves da Costa
Abstract
The concept that microorganisms can modulate the host resistance was historically reviewed in the present article. The importance of African trypanosomiasis in the development of the research on immunosuppression as well as the impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection are discussed. Each day new opportunistic organisms establish a constant challenge for the correct diagnosis of concomitant infections in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The importance of parasite infection in the balance of host resistance in the third world was emphasized. Finally, some aspects of Leishmania as opportunistic organisms were presented.
Keywords
immunocompromised host, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-Aids, human immunodeficiency virus-HIV
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