Influence of microbiota in experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis in swiss MICE

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-94

  De Oliveira, Marcia Rosa ^a   Tafuri, Wagner Luis ^a   Nicoli, Jacques Robert ^a   Vieira, Enlo Cardillo ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a   Vieira, Leda Quercia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Germfree; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Microbiota; Swiss mice; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GERM-FREE LIFE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0033089078     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651999000200005     Document Type: Article

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