Susceptibility of Cebus apella monkey (Primates: Cebidae) to experimental Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection

Susceptibility of Cebus apella monkey (Primates: Cebidae) to experimental Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi-infection

In Amazonian Brazil, the Cebus apella monkey (Primates: Cebidae) has been associated with the enzootic cycle of Leishmania (V.) shawi, a dermotropic parasite causing American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). It has also been successfully used as animal model for studying cutaneous leishmaniasis. In th...

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Main Authors: Liliane Almeida Carneiro, Fernando Tobias Silveira, Marliane Batista Campos, Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Brígido, Claudia Maria C. Gomes, Carlos E.P. Corbett, Márcia D. Laurenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Susceptibility
Cebus apella monkey
Experimental infection
Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi
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