Experimental visceral leishmaniasis in high and low antibody - producer mice (selection IV-A)

Leishmaniasis is a typical parasite infection whose protective immunity depends on macrophage activation. Susceptibility to Leishmania donovani infection was compared in H (high antibody responder) and L (low antibody responder) mice from selection IV-A. H mice infected intravenously with 10(7) amas...

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Main Authors: Cristiane Jellmayer Fechio, Angela Maria Victoriano de Campos Soares, Silvio Luís de Oliveira, Alexandrina Sartori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1999-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821999000300002&tlng=en