this study investigated the in vitro production of interferon-γ, interleukin (il)-10, il-12, and il-13, after antigenic stimulation of the cells (with leishmania antigen and lipopolysaccharide) using whole blood from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions caused by leishmania tropica and in volunteers with history of cutaneous leishmaniasis. elisa results showed that the mean production ...