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Leishmaniasis
Study data from University of Cordoba update knowledge of leishmaniasis
August 5th, 2008
"The expression of iNOS by macrophages in 33 dogs suffering from spontaneous leishmaniasis was analysed by immunohistochemistry in skin, liver and lymph nodes. A correlation study between the number of macrophages expressing NOS and the number of macrophages containing leishmania amastigotes was carried out," scientists writing in the journal Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology report. "Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections from the skin (28 cases), popliteal lymph nodes (8 cases) and liver (3 cases) of dogs of different age, sex and breed suffering from leishmaniasis were included in the study. Dogs were referred as positive for Leishmania spp...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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