An experimental protocol for the establishment of dogs with long-term cellular immune reactions to Leishmania antigens

An experimental protocol for the establishment of dogs with long-term cellular immune reactions to Leishmania antigens

Domestic dogs are considered to be the main reservoirs of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis. In this work, we evaluated a protocol to induce Leishmania infantum/Leishmania chagasi-specific cellular and humoral immune responses in dogs, which consisted of two injections of Leishmania promastigote lysat...

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Main Authors: Márcia Cristina Aquino Teixeira, Geraldo Gileno de Sá Oliveira, Patrícia Oliveira Meira Santos, Thiago Campanharo Bahiense, Virginia Maria Goes da Silva, Márcio Silva Rodrigues, Daniela Farias Larangeira, Washington Luis Conrado dos-Santos, Lain Carlos Pontes-de-Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Leishmania infantum
Leishmania chagasi
dogs
immunization
cellular immune response
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