Parasitic Infection and Host Immunity, 2nd Edition
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List of Contributions
- Martins, Y.C.; Jurberg, A.D.; Daniel-Ribeiro, C.T. Visiting Molecular Mimicry Once More: Pathogenicity, Virulence, and Autoimmunity. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1472. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061472.
- Crisóstomo-Vázquez, M.d.P.; Rodríguez-Martínez, G.; Jiménez-Rojas, V.; Eligio-García, L.; Reyes-López, A.; Hernández-Ramírez, M.; Hernández-Juárez, F.; Romero-Zamora, J.L.; Vivanco-Tellez, S.G.; Solorzano-Santos, F.; et al. Trypanosoma cruzi DNA Identification in Breast Milk from Mexican Women with Chagas Disease. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 2660. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12122660.
- da Matta, V.L.R.; Gonçalves, A.N.; Gomes, C.M.C.; Chouman, I.H.; Ferreira, F.M.; Campos, M.B.; Lima, L.V.; Vasconcelos dos Santos, T.; Ramos, P.K.; Furtado, R.R.; et al. Gene Signatures of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Clinical-Immunological Profiles of Human Infection by Leishmania (L.) chagasi in Amazonian Brazil. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 653. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11030653.
- Leite-Silva, J.; Oliveira-Ribeiro, C.; Morgado, F.N.; Pimentel, M.I.F.; Lyra, M.R.; Fagundes, A.; Miranda, L.F.C.; Valete-Rosalino, C.M.; Schubach, A.O.; Conceição-Silva, F. Is There Any Difference in the In Situ Immune Response in Active Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis That Respond Well or Poorly to Meglumine Antimoniate Treatment or Spontaneously Heal? Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1631. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071631.
- Bhengu, K.N.; Singh, R.; Naidoo, P.; Mpaka-Mbatha, M.N.; Nembe-Mafa, N.; Mkhize-Kwitshana, Z.L. Cytokine Responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Ascaris lumbricoides Costimulation Using Human THP-1 and Jurkat Cells, and a Pilot Human Tuberculosis and Helminth Coinfection Study. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1846. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071846.
- Nunes, S.; Tibúrcio, R.; Bonyek-Silva, I.; Oliveira, P.R.; Khouri, R.; Boaventura, V.; Barral, A.; Brodskyn, C.; Tavares, N.M. Transcriptome Analysis Identifies the Crosstalk between Dendritic and Natural Killer Cells in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1937. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081937.
- Scovino, A.M.; Dahab, E.C.; Diniz-Lima, I.; de Senna Silveira, E.; Barroso, S.P.C.; Cardoso, K.M.; Nico, D.; Makhoul, G.J.; da Silva-Junior, E.B.; Freire-de-Lima, C.G.; et al. A Comparative Analysis of Innate Immune Responses and the Structural Characterization of Spike from SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variants and Subvariants. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12040720.
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Freire-de-Lima, C.G. Parasitic Infection and Host Immunity, 2nd Edition. Microorganisms 2025, 13, 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061258
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Chicago/Turabian StyleFreire-de-Lima, Celio Geraldo. 2025. "Parasitic Infection and Host Immunity, 2nd Edition" Microorganisms 13, no. 6: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13061258
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