Primary immune response and parasite dissemination in canine visceral leishmaniasis

Animal Science and Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 205-221

  Veras, P S T ^a   Dos Santos, W L C ^a   Lmeida, A T F ^a   Rodrigues, C A T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania chagasi; Macrophage; Parasite dissemination; Spleen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892127310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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