Experimental Infection of Dogs with Leishmania and Saliva as a Model to Study Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Costa, Dirceu Joaquim ^a   Carvalho, Rayssa M de Araujo ^a   Abbehusen, Melissa ^a   Teixeira, Clarissa ^a   Pitombo, Maiana ^a   Trigo, Joelma ^a   Nascimento, Flávia ^c   Amorim, Lucilene ^c   Abreu Silva, Ana Lucia ^d   do Socorro Pires Cruz, Maria ^e   Miranda, José Carlos ^a   Fukutani, Kyoshi ^a   de Oliveira, Camila I ^a,f   Barral, Aldina ^a,b,f   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a,b,f   Brodskyn, Cláudia ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^f Instituto de Investigacao em Imunologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; LEISHMANIA ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SALIVARY GLAND; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITE LOAD; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 84875965986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060535     Document Type: Article

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