Impact of continuous axenic cultivation in Leishmania infantum virulence.

• Main Authors: Diana Moreira (Author), Nuno Santarém (Author), Inês Loureiro (Author), Joana Tavares (Author), Ana Marta Silva (Author), Ana Marina Amorim (Author), Ali Ouaissi (Author), Anabela Cordeiro- (Author), Ricardo Silvestre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Experimental infections with visceral Leishmania spp. are frequently performed referring to stationary parasite cultures that are comprised of a mixture of metacyclic and non-metacyclic parasites often with little regard to time of culture and metacyclic purification. This may lead to misleading or...