Leishmania (Leishmania) major-infected rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) develop varying levels of resistance against homologous re-infections

Seven rhesus macaques were infected intradermally with 10(7) promastigotes of Leishmania (Leishmania) major. All monkeys developed a localized, ulcerative, self-healing nodular skin lesion at the site of inoculation of the parasite. Non-specific chronic inflammation and/or tuberculoid-type granuloma...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	VF Amaral, A Teva, R Porrozzi, AJ Silva, MS Pereira, MP Oliveira-Neto, G Grimaldi Jr
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-08-01
Subjects:	rhesus macaques Macaca mulatta nonhuman primates experimental leishmaniasis Leishmania (L.) major immune responses histopathology
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000600010&tlng=en