Serum and tissue nitrate levels in murine visceral leishmaniasis correlate with parasite load but not with host protection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Bories, C ^a   Scherman, E ^b   Bories, P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

Author keywords

Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Murine infection; Nitrate levels; Nitric oxide; Parasite load; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MURINAE;

EID: 0030801609     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90271-6     Document Type: Article

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