Low and high-dose intradermal infection with Leishmania majorand Leishmania amazonensis in C57BL/6 mice

Low and high-dose intradermal infection with Leishmania majorand Leishmania amazonensis in C57BL/6 mice

A model of skin infection with Leishmania amazonensiswith low doses of parasites is compared to infection with high doses of L. amazonensis and low and high doses of Leishmania major. C57BL/6 mice were infected with 10³ or 10(6) parasites in the ear and the outcome of infection was assessed. The app...

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Main Authors: Denise Fonseca Côrtes, Matheus Batista Heitor Carneiro, Liliane Martins Santos, Talita Correia de Oliveira Souza, Tatiane Uceli Maioli, Ana Luiza C Duz, Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge, Luis Carlos Crocco Afonso, Claudia Carneiro, Leda Quercia Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2010-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Leishmania
L. amazonensis
L. major
infection
cytokines
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