A scoring method to standardize lesion monitoring following intra-dermal infection of Leishmania parasites in the murine ear

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Schuster, Steffen ^a,b   Hartley, Mary Anne ^a   Tacchini Cottier, Fabienne ^a,b   Ronet, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b WHO IRTC Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ear infection; Leishmania; Murine model; Parasites; Score

Indexed keywords

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EAR INFECTION; FOOT PAD; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; LEISHMANIA; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROMASTIGOTE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EAR; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCORE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EAR INFECTION; LEISHMANIA; MURINE MODEL; PARASITES; SCORE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84907171559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00067     Document Type: Note

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