Maternal Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Congenital Chagas Disease Induce a Trend to a Type 1 Polarization of Infant Immune Responses to Vaccines

dc.contributor.authorNicolás Dauby
dc.contributor.authorCristina Alonso‐Vega
dc.contributor.authorEduardo Suárez
dc.contributor.authorAmilcar Flores
dc.contributor.authorEmmanuel Hermann
dc.contributor.authorMarisol Córdova
dc.contributor.authorTatiana Tellez
dc.contributor.authorFaustino Torrico
dc.contributor.authorCarine Truyens
dc.contributor.authorYves Carlier
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T14:06:59Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T14:06:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionCitaciones: 51
dc.description.abstractThese results show that: i) both maternal infection with T. cruzi and congenital Chagas disease do not interfere with responses to BCG, hepatitis B, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in the neonatal period, and ii) the overcoming of immunological immaturity by T. cruzi infection in early life is not limited to the development of parasite-specific immune responses, but also tends to favour type 1 immune responses to vaccinal antigens.
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pntd.0000571
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000571
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/44633
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS neglected tropical diseases
dc.sourceUniversité Libre de Bruxelles
dc.subjectImmunology
dc.subjectImmune system
dc.subjectTetanus
dc.subjectToxoid
dc.subjectVirology
dc.subjectHepatitis B
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectDiphtheria
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectHBsAg
dc.titleMaternal Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Congenital Chagas Disease Induce a Trend to a Type 1 Polarization of Infant Immune Responses to Vaccines
dc.typearticle

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