Severe clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis in naturally infected dogs with disruption of the splenic white pulp.

Severe clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis in naturally infected dogs with disruption of the splenic white pulp.

In this work, we investigated the association between the disruption of splenic lymphoid tissue and the severity of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs. Clinical and laboratory data from 206 dogs were reviewed. Spleen sections collected during the euthanasia of these animals were analyzed, and the spleni...

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Main Authors: Isadora S Lima, Joselli S Silva, Valter A Almeida, Floriano G Leal Junior, Patrício An Souza, Daniela F Larangeira, José P Moura-Neto, Deborah B M Fraga, Luiz A R de Freitas, Washington L C dos-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3911999?pdf=render

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