Development of eosinophilia in dogs intradermically inoculated with sand fly saliva and Leishmania (Leishmania) Chagasi stationary-phase promastigotes.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 88(2): 249-51, 1993.
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| ID: mdl-8107586
Salivary gland lysates of the sand fly Lutzomia longipalpis have been shown to enhance the infectivity of Leishmania in mice. As shown herein, the simultaneous inoculation of Leishmania chagasi stationary-phase promastigotes and L. longipalpis salivary gland lysate by the intradermal route in a group of mongrel dogs induced a statistically significant eosinophilia, in relation to dogs inoculated with Leishmania or with salivary gland lysate only. These dogs had no evidence of infection, in spite of the high infectivity of the promastigotes when inoculated by the intravenous route.
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Assunto principal:
Saliva
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Leishmania infantum
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Doenças do Cão
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Eosinofilia
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Leishmaniose Visceral
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
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Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Ano de publicação:
1993
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil