A natural model of Leishmania major infection reveals a prolonged 'silent' phase of parasite amplification in the skin before the onset of lesion formation and immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 969-977

  Belkaid, Yasmine ^a   Mendez, Susana ^a   Lira, Rosalia ^a   Kadambi, Navin ^a   Milon, Genevieve ^b   Sacks, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN P40;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034661692     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.2.969     Document Type: Article

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