Reinfection in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes in the Hamster Model

There is no clear understanding of the outcome of reinfection in New World cutaneous leishmaniasis, and its role in the relationship to the development of protection or secondary disease. For this reason, reinfection experiments with homologous (Leishmania panamensis-L. panamensis) and heterologous...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Y Osorio, SJ Gonzalez, VL Gama, BL Travi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1998-05-01
Subjects:	immunoprophylaxis reinfection Leishmania major Leishmania panamensis hamster
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000300015&tlng=en