
Tumor necrosis factor alpha neutralization has no direct effect on parasite burden, but causes impaired IFN-γ production by spleen cells from human visceral leishmaniasis patients
Keywords: VL; visceral leishmaniasis; SA; splenic aspirate; TB; tuberculosis; SLA; soluble leishmania antigen; PHA; phytohemagglutinin; TNF-α; tumor necrosis factor-α; IFN-γ; interferon-γ; IL-10; interleukin-10; TNF-RI; tumor necrosis factor receptor type I; TN