Influence of the host and parasite strain in a mouse model of visceral Leishmania infantum infection

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Honoré, Stéphanie ^a   Garin, Yves Jean François ^a   Sulahian, Annie ^a   Gangneux, Jean Pierre ^a   Derouin, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental pathogenicity; Leishmania infantum strain; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0031820836     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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