Studies in a co-infection murine model of Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi and Leishmania infantum: Interferon-γ and interleukin-4 mRNA expression

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 889-892

  Cláudia, S Marques ^a   Rolão, Nuno ^a   Centeno Lima, Sónia ^a   Lousada, Hélder ^a   Maia, Carla ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a   Rosário, Virgílio Edo ^a   Silveira, Henrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Co infection; Leishmania; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI CHABAUDI;

EID: 32244433062     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000800011     Document Type: Article

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