Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in the central nervous system of naturally infected dogs: Parasite load, viability, co-infections and histological alterations.

Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in the central nervous system of naturally infected dogs: Parasite load, viability, co-infections and histological alterations.

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum and little is known about the occurrence and pathogenesis of this parasite in the CNS. The aims of this study were to evaluate the occurrence, viability and load of L. infantum in the CNS, and to identify the neurological...

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Main Authors: Valéria da Costa Oliveira, Viviane Cardoso Boechat, Artur Augusto Velho Mendes Junior, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Luiz Claudio Ferreira, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Monique Paiva Campos, Francisco das Chagas de Carvalho Rodrigues, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5395170?pdf=render

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