Pathogenic action of Plasmodium gallinaceum in chickens: Brain histology and nitric oxide production by blood monocyte-derived macrophages

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 16-22

  de Matos Macchi, Barbarella ^a   Quaresma, Juarez Antônio Simões ^a   Herculano, Anderson Manoel ^a   Crespo López, Maria Elena ^a   DaMatta, Renato Augusto ^b   do Nascimento, Jose Luiz Martins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Chickens; Macrophage activation; Nitric oxide; Plasmodium gallinaceum

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN MALARIA; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MICROVASCULATURE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; POULTRY DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM;

EID: 77955337195     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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