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Evaluation of an in vitro and in vivo model for experimental infection with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (V.) peruviana.
Parasitology - 1 Mar 2008
Gamboa D, Torres K, De Doncker S, Zimic M, Arevalo J, Dujardin J-C
Abstract excerpt
Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and L. (V.) peruviana are two parasite species characterized by a very different pathogenicity in humans despite a high genetic similarity. We hypothesized previously that L. (V.) peruviana would descend from L. (V.) braziliensis and would have acquired its 'peruviana' character during the southward colonization and adaptation of the transmission cycle in the Peruvian Andes. In...
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