Studies in the mouse model identify strain variability as a major determinant of disease outcome in Leishmania infantum infection

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and potentially fatal disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. In Europe and the Mediterranean region, L. infantum is the commonest agent of visceral leishmaniasis, causing a wide spectrum of clinical ma...

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Autores principales: Marques, Filipe, Vale-Costa, Sílvia, Cruz, Tânia, Marques, Joana Moreira, Silva, Tânia, Neves, João Vilares, Cortes, Sofia, Fernandes, Ana, Rocha, Eduardo, Appelberg, Rui, Rodrigues, Pedro, Tomás, Ana M., Gomes, Maria Salomé
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26684322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1259-6

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