Experimental pathogenicity of viscerotropic and dermotropic isolates of Leishmania infantum from immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients in a murine model

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-138

  Sulahian, Annie ^a   Garin, Yves Jean François ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^b   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^b   Derouin, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

experimental pathogenicity; immunocompromised patient; Leishmania infantum; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031050222     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(96)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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