Genetics of host response to Leishmania tropica in mice - different control of skin pathology, chemokine reaction, and invasion into spleen and liver.

• Main Authors: Tetyana Kobets (Author), Helena Havelková (Author), Igor Grekov (Author), Valeriya Volkova (Author), Jarmila Vojtíšková (Author), Martina Slapničková (Author), Iryna Kurey (Author), Yahya Sohrabi (Author), Milena Svobodová (Author), Peter Demant (Author), Marie Lipoldová (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of genus Leishmania. The frequent involvement of Leishmania tropica in human leishmaniasis has been recognized only recently. Similarly as L. major, L. tropica causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans, but can also visceralize and...