Leishmania chagasi naturally resistant to nitric oxide isolated from humans and dogs with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Santos, P L ^a   Costa, R V ^a   Braz, J M ^a   Santos, L F V C ^a   Batista, A C ^a   Vasconcelos, C R O ^a   Rangel, M R ^a   Ribeiro De Jesus, A ^a,b   De Moura, T R ^a   Leopoldo, P T G ^a   Almeida, R P ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Investigacao em Imunologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infection; Leishmania chagasi; SNAP; Sodium nitrite; Viability; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; DOG; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PARASITE LOAD; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; MURINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861607518     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: 10898611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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