Refinement of techniques for the propagation of Leishmania donovani in hamsters

Acta Tropica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-369

  Wyllie, Susan ^a   Fairlamb, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hamster; Intraperitoneal; KAtex; Leishmania donovani

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

DRUG DEVELOPMENT; LEISHMANIASIS; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAMSTER; INOCULATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; NONHUMAN; URINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 33644543071     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Z.J. Attar, M.L. Chance, S. el-Safi, J. Carney, A. Azazy, M. El-Hadi, C. Dourado, and M. Hommel Latex agglutination test for the detection of urinary antigens in visceral leishmaniasis Acta Trop. 78 2001 11 16
2. S.L. Croft, and V. Yardley Animal models of visceral leishmaniasis O. Zak M.A. Sande Handbook of Animal Models of Infection 1999 Academic Press London 783 787
3. S.L. Croft, S. Sundar, and A.H. Fairlamb Drug resistance in Leishmaniasis Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19 2006 111 126
4. P.L. Lim, and W.F. Choy A spectrophotometric method for evaluating a latex agglutination assay of Salmonella typhi lipopolysaccharide J. Immunol. Methods 115 1988 269 274
5. P.C. Melby Recent developments in leishmaniasis Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 15 2002 485 490
6. B.D. Minsky, and F.J. Chlapowski Morphometric analysis of the translocation of lumenal membrane between cytoplasm and cell surface of transitional epithelial cells during the expansion-contraction cycles of mammalian urinary bladder J. Cell Biol. 77 1978 685 697
7. H.W. Murray, J.J. Stern, K. Welte, B.Y. Rubin, S.M. Carriero, and C.F. Nathan Experimental visceral leishmaniasis: production of interleukin 2 and interferon-gamma, tissue immune reaction, and response to treatment with interleukin 2 and interferon-gamma J. Immunol. 138 1987 2290 2297
8. B. Sarkari, M. Chance, and M. Hommel Antigenuria in visceral leishmaniasis: detection and partial characterisation of a carbohydrate antigen Acta Trop. 82 2002 339 348
9. L.A. Stauber, E.M. Franchino, and J. Grun An eight-day method for screening compounds against Leishmaina donovani in the Golden hamster J. Protozool. 5 1958 269 273
10. S. Sundar, D.K. More, M.K. Singh, V.P. Singh, S. Sharma, A. Makharia, P.C.K. Kumar, and H.W. Murray Failure of pentavalent antimony in visceral leishmaniasis in India: report from the center of the Indian epidemic Clin. Infect. Dis. 31 2000 1104 1107
11. WHO, 1999. Tropical Disease Research: Progress 1997-98, Fourteenth Programme Report edition. UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Reasearch & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). Geneva, Switzerland.
12. S. Wyllie, M.L. Cunningham, and A.H. Fairlamb Dual action of antimonial drugs on thiol redox metabolism in the human pathogen Leishmania donovani J. Biol. Chem. 279 2004 39925 39932