Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in the central nervous system of naturally infected dogs: Parasite load, viability, co-infections and histological alterations

Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum and little is known about the occurrence and pathogenesis of this parasite in the CNS. The aims of this study were to evaluate the occurrence, viability and load of L. infantum in the CNS, and to identify the neurological...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Valéria da Costa, Boechat, Viviane Cardoso, Mendes Junior, Artur Augusto Velho, Madeira, Maria de Fátima, Ferreira, Luiz Claudio, Figueiredo, Fabiano Borges, Campos, Monique Paiva, de Carvalho Rodrigues, Francisco das Chagas, Carvalhaes de Oliveira, Raquel de Vasconcellos, Amendoeira, Maria Regina Reis, Menezes, Rodrigo Caldas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28419136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175588

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