Ultrastructural changes in parasites induced by nanoparticle-bound pentamidine in a Leishmania major/mouse model

Parasite

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-139

  Fusai, T ^a   Boulard, Y ^b   Durand, R ^c   Paul, M ^d   Bories, C ^e   Rivollet, D ^c   Astier, A ^d   Houin, R ^c   Deniau, M ^c  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Drug carrier; Electron microscopy; Murine visceral leishtnaniasis; Pentamidine

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MURINAE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; PENTAMIDINE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KUPFFER CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG CARRIERS; KUPFFER CELLS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PENTAMIDINE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0031158406     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1997042133     Document Type: Article

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