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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Influ?ncia do v?rus da hepatite G (GBV-C) na resposta imune frente ? infec??o por Leishmania chagasi

Lima, Josane Regina de 08 March 2001 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 josaneRL.pdf: 1324406 bytes, checksum: 22ffd7cc30434eb0cb8d5f0e9616a218 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001-03-08 / GB virus type C (GBV-C) appears to promote a Th1 response and is associated with prolonged survival in HIV-infected people. L. chagasi causes a spectrum of illness that varies from severe visceral leishmaniasis, a disease that in the majority of cases is fatal if not treated, to self resolution of infection and development of positive DTH response that is protective against symptomatic disease. To determine if GBV-C viremia might influence the outcome of Leishmania infection, we characterized GBV-C status in a cohort of subjects residing in a L. chagasi endemic area in Brazil. GBV-C viremia was more prevalent in blood donors from urban than in periurban regions of Natal, Brazil (16% and 7.5% respectively). Evidence of prior GBV-C (anti-E2 antibodies) was detected in 24% and 12%of these groups respectively. Anti-E2 increased with age (p= 0.0121). No difference in GBV-C viremia was found in the DTH+ and VL groups (p= 0.269); however, subjects with visceral leishmaniasis were more likely to have anti-E2 than DTH+ subjects (p=0.0012), and DTH induration was smaller in subjects with E2 antibodies (4.5 mm) compared those without (7.12 mm) (p= 0.002). Furthermore, the size of the Leishmania DTH response was greater in GBV-C viremica subjects (6.8 mm) compared to non-viremic subjects (3.3 mm; p= 0.0054). There findings suggest that GBV-C virus may promote a type 1 immune response that could influence the outcome of Leishmania infection / GBV-C ? um v?rus membro da fam?lia dos Flavivirus, que tem um aparente papel indutor da resposta Th1 e est? associado ao prolongamento da sobrevida, em pessoas infectadas com HIV. L. chagasi ? respons?vel por um amplo espectro que variam da forma assintom?tica, com resolu??o espont?nea da infec??o e, consecutivamente, desenvolvimento resposta positivo para o DTH; a forma severa da leishmaniose visceral (LV), que na maioria dos casos pode ser fatal se n?o tratada. Para determinar se o GBV-C pode influenciar na resolu??o da infec??o por Leishmania, n?s pesquisamos a preval?ncia de GBV-C em uma popula??o residente em ?rea end?mica para L. chagasi no Brasil. Foi observado que a viremia de GBV-C foi maior em indiv?duos residentes na regi?o urbana, que nos residentes em regi?o periurbana de Natal, Brasil (16% e 7,5%, respectivamente). Evidencia de previa infec??o de GBV-C (anticorpo anti-E2) foi detectada em 24% e 12% nesses grupos respectivamente, aumentando com a idade (p= 0.0121). N?o foi encontrada diferen?a da viremia de GBV-C entre os grupos DTH+ e LV (p= 0.269); Contudo, o grupo dos indiv?duos LV teve mais casos de anti-E2 (p= 0,0012), e a endura??o do DTH foi menor em indiv?duos com anti-E2 comparado aos sem anti-E2 (4.5 mm x 7.12 mm, respectivamente; p= 0,002). O inverso foi observado para os indiv?duos positivos para RNA de GBV-C (6.8 mm) comparados aos sem (3.3 mm; p= 0.0054). Esses achados sugerem que o GBV-C pode promover o tipo 1 de resposta imune e pode com isso influenciar na resolu??o da infec??o por Leishmania

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