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Luís Afonso

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50

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Active since

1991

Affiliations

Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto(Current)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Wayne State University

University of Pennsylvania

Luís Afonso is an author at Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto specializing in infectious diseases, leishmaniasis pathogenesis, and immunology.

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Publications per year

1991–2022

50

Publications

50

The Adjuvant Effect of Interleukin-12 in a Vaccine Against <i>Leishmania major</i>

Luís Afonso, Tanya M. Scharton, Leda Quércia Vieira et al. · Science · 1994 · 682 citations

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IL-12 is required for natural killer cell activation and subsequent T helper 1 cell development in experimental leishmaniasis.

Tanya Scharton‐Kersten, Luís Afonso, Maria Wysocka et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1995 · 416 citations

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Immune responses associated with susceptibility of C57BL/10 mice to Leishmania amazonensis

Luís Afonso, Phillip Scott · Infection and Immunity · 1993 · 276 citations · Full text

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Switch from a type 2 to a type 1 T helper cell response and cure of established Leishmania major infection in mice is induced by combined therapy with interleukin 12 and Pentostam.

Gary S. Nabors, Luís Afonso, J P Farrell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1995 · 177 citations · Full text

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Extracellular nucleotide metabolism in Leishmania: influence of adenosine in the establishment of infection

Eduardo de Almeida Marques da Silva, Amanda Braga Figueiredo, Djalma S. Lima‐Junior et al. · Microbes and Infection · 2008 · 85 citations

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