Interactions between Leishmania mexicana mexicana promastigotes and amastigotes and murine peritoneal macrophages in vitro

Unstimulated adherent mouse peritoneal cells were cultured in vitro and infected with equal numbers of a single strain of Leishmania m. mexicana amastigotes (AM), virulent promastigotes (VP), avirulent promastigotes (AVP) and fixed promastigotes (FP). Duplicate May-Grünwald-Giemsa stained coverslips...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Grimaldi Junior, Suzana Corte-Real, Rosa T. de Pinho, Pamela L. Moriearty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1983-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761983000200002