Kinetics of Leptospira interrogans Infection in Hamsters after Intradermal and Subcutaneous Challenge

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Coutinho, Mariana L ^a,b,c   Matsunaga, James ^a,d   Wang, Long Chieh ^a   de la Peña Moctezuma, Alejandro ^e   Lewis, Michael S ^a   Babbitt, Jane T ^a,d   Aleixo, Jose Antonio G ^b   Haake, David A ^a,d,f  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZOONOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 84920503575     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003307     Document Type: Article

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