Infections in immunocompetent and immune-deficient mice with promastigotes of a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 19-27

  Rosypal, Alexa C ^a   Zajac, Anne M ^a   Troy, Gregory C ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell deficient; Interferon gamma; Leishmania infantum; Mouse; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PROMASTIGOTE; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; SPLEEN;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 18844461673     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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