Effects of sand fly vector saliva on development of cutaneous lesions and the immune response to Leishmania braziliensis in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5442-5445

  Lima, Hermenio C ^a,b   Titus, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0029825449     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.12.5442-5445.1996     Document Type: Article

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