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Hemophagocytosis induced by Leishmania donovani infection is beneficial to parasite survival within macrophages

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is characterized by clinical manifestations such as fever, hepatosplenomegaly and anemia. Hemophagocytosis, the phenomenon of phagocytosis of blood cells by macrophages, is found in VL patients. In a previous stu...

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Autores principales: Morimoto, Ayako, Uchida, Kazuyuki, Chambers, James K., Sato, Kai, Hong, Jing, Sanjoba, Chizu, Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu, Yamagishi, Junya, Goto, Yasuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31738750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007816