Canine experimental infection: intradermal inoculation of Leishmania infantum promastigotes
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Canine experimental infection: intradermal inoculation of Leishmania infantum promastigotes.
Five mixed breed dogs were inoculated intradermally (ID) with cultured virulent stationary phase promastigotes of Leishmania infantum Nicole, 1908 stocks recently isolated. Parasite transformations in the skin of ID infected dogs were monitored from the moment of inoculation and for 48 h, by skin biopsies. Anti-Leishmania antibody levels were measured by indirect immunofluorescence assay, count...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000200010