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Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004

Dispatch

Human Infection with M- Strain of Brucella canis

Jorge C. Wallach*†Comments to Author , Guillermo H. Giambartolomei†, Pablo C. Baldi†, and Carlos A. Fossati†‡
Author affiliations: *Hospital F. J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina; †IDEHU, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ‡Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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Table

Cellular immune response in vitro to Brucella cytoplasmic proteinsa

Antigen Lymphocyte proliferation (SI) IL-2b (fold increase) IFN-γb (fold increase) IL-10b (fold increase)
Before therapy BLS 4 8 3 3
CP 3 10 7 4.5
End of therapy BLS 1 1 2 1
CP 2.5 6 4 2
55 days after end
of therapy BLS 1 1 1 1
CP 1 1 3 1

aBLS, Brucella lumazine synthase; CP, cytoplasmic proteins; SI, stimulation indices; IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon.
bBy reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.

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