Impact of continuous axenic cultivation in Leishmania infantum virulence

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Moreira, Diana ^a   Santarém, Nuno ^a   Loureiro, Inês ^a   Tavares, Joana ^a,b   Silva, Ana Marta ^a   Amorim, Ana Marina ^a   Ouaissi, Ali ^a,c   Cordeiro da Silva, Anabela ^a,b   Silvestre, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTIVATION; CYTOMETRY; DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS CULTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITE LOAD; SERIAL PASSAGE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84856584576     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001469     Document Type: Article

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