Leishmania major reaches distant cutaneous sites where it persists transiently while persisting durably in the primary dermal site and its draining lymph node: A study with laboratory mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6561-6566

  Nicolas, Luc ^a   Sidjanski, Sacha ^a,b   Colle, Jean Hervé ^a   Milon, Geneviève ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034443233     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6561-6566.2000     Document Type: Article

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