Susceptibility of peritoneal macrophage from different species of neotropical primates to Ex vivo Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection

This study examined the susceptibility of peritoneal macrophage (PM) from the Neotropical primates: Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix penicillata, Saimiri sciureus, Aotus azarae infulatus and Callimico goeldii to ex vivo Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection, the etiological agent of American visc...

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Main Authors: Liliane Almeida Carneiro, Márcia Dalastra Laurenti, Marliane Batista Campos, Claudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett, Fernando Tobias Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652012000200007&lng=en&tlng=en