Treponema pallidumElicits Innate and Adaptive Cellular Immune Responses in Skin and Blood during Secondary Syphilis: A Flow‐Cytometric Analysis
Author(s) -
Juan C. Salazar,
Adriana R. Cruz,
Constance D. Pope,
Liliana Valderrama,
Rodolfo Trujillo,
Nancy Gore Saravia,
Justin D. Radolf
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/511822
Subject(s) - immunology , immunophenotyping , biology , treponema , immune system , syphilis , cd8 , cd11c , innate immune system , acquired immune system , flow cytometry , phenotype , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biochemistry , gene
Syphilis is caused by the spirochetal pathogen Treponema pallidum. The local and systemic cellular immune responses elicited by the bacterium have not been well studied in humans.
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