Experimental treatment with sodium stibogluconate of hamsters infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

The present paper reports the experimental treatment of hamsters infected with Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania amazonensis with sodium stibogluconate (20mg/kg/day x 20 days). Only with L. chagasi did the treatment result in the complete elimination of parasites from the spleen. However, no parasit...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M. de Figueiredo, Jaime Costa e Silva, Reginaldo P. Brazil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1999-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821999000200012&tlng=en