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. 1976 Apr;17(4):739-42.

Immunologic mechanisms of infectious syphilis

D M Musher, R F Schell, J M Knox
  • PMID: 1017252

Immunologic mechanisms of infectious syphilis

D M Musher et al. Cutis. 1976 Apr.

Abstract

We believe that humoral and cellular immunity both are involved in the response of the host to infection with T. pallidum. A complex interaction between stimulation and suppression of cell-mediated immunity may be involved. This interaction may explain the unusual clinical course in which secondary syphilis waxes and wanes before culminating in immunity.

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