Interaction of avirulent Leishmania species with rat peritoneal macrophages

An "in vitro" system has been developed for study of host cell-parasite interaction in visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Avirulent promastigotes of L. brasiliensis and L. donovani, from strains originally isolated from human cases and mantained by serial culture in Davis' Medium w...

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Main Authors: Trina Bastardo, Lucila Arcay-de-Peraza, Félix Tejero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1983-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761983000100003