Interleukin-12-mediated resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi is dependent on tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon.

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Published in Infect Immun on July 01, 1996

Authors

C A Hunter1, T Slifer, F Araujo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301, USA.

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