Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) as an experimental model for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 771-779

  Gomes Silva, Adriano ^a   Valverde, Joanna Gardel ^a   Ribeiro Romão, Raquel Peralva ^a   Plácido Pereira, Rosa Maria ^a   Da Cruz, Alda Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; clinical outcome; golden hamster; histopathology; immunoglobulin; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MESOCRICETUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SPLEEN;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 84875988399     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012002156     Document Type: Article

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