Cutaneous leishmaniasis in germfree, gnotobiotic, and conventional mice

Cutaneous leishmaniasis was much more severe in conventional than in gnotobiotic mice as revealed by macro and microscopic examination. An inoculum of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was used.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Enio Cardillo Vieira, Jacques Robert Nicoli, Tasso Moraes-Santos, Marcelo Eustáquio Silva, Carlos Alberto da Costa, Wilson Mayrink, Eduardo Alves Bambirra
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1987
Subjects:	Cutaneous leishmaniasis Germfree mice Gnotojbiotic mice Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Arctic
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651987000600009 https://doaj.org/article/43cb130283b0448589260a2785d94326

Description
Summary:	Cutaneous leishmaniasis was much more severe in conventional than in gnotobiotic mice as revealed by macro and microscopic examination. An inoculum of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was used.