Systemic and compartmentalized immune response in canine visceral leishmaniasis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^a,b   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^b   Teixeira Carvalho, Andréa ^a,b   Giunchetti, Rodolfo Cordeiro ^a,b   Carneiro, Cláudia Martins ^a   Mayrink, Wilson ^c   Tafuri, Washington Luiz ^a   Corrêa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b  

^a NUPEB   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Clinical status; Immunophenotyping; Parasite density

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITEMIA; SKIN; SPLEEN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 60849102430     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.10.307     Document Type: Article

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