Hemophagocytosis in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis by Leishmania donovani.

• Main Authors: Ayako Morimoto (Author), Satoko Omachi (Author), Yasutaka Osada (Author), James K Chambers (Author), Kazuyuki Uchida (Author), Chizu Sanjoba (Author), Yoshitsugu Matsumoto (Author), Yasuyuki Goto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hemophagocytosis is a phenomenon in which macrophages phagocytose blood cells. There are reports on up-regulated hemophagocytosis in patients with infectious diseases including typhoid fever, tuberculosis, influenza and visceral leishmaniasis (VL). However, mechanisms of infection-associated hemopha...