Immune and clinical parameters associated with Leishmania infantum infection in the golden hamster model

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 269-281

  Requena, Jose M ^a   Soto, Manuel ^a   Doria, María D ^a   Alonso, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Golden hamster; Humoral response; Immunocomplexes; Leishmania infantum; Parasite burden

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PROMASTIGOTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAMSTERS; KIDNEY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034739695     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(00)00221-X     Document Type: Article

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