Abstract Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease caused by the protozoa Leishmania infantum and can cause an inflammatory reaction in the gastrointestinal tract, however the role of granulocytic cells (neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells) in the intestine of dogs infected is not fully understood. We performed a quantitative analysis these cells in the intestinal wall of dogs with canine visceral leishmani...
Abstract This study was about a semi-quantitative analysis of T lymphocytes (CD4+ and CD8+, FoxP3+ regulatory T cells), and macrophages in the gut wall of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum. Thirteen dogs were divided into three groups: group 1 (G1, n=5), dogs with canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) and infected with L. infantum amastigotes in the intestine; group 2 (G2, n=5), dogs with CVL but w...
O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi avaliar comparativamente os métodos diagnósticos da Leishmaniose Visceral Canina (LVC), utilizando-se o ensaio imunoenzimático indireto (ELISA), a reação de imunofluorescência indireta (RIFI), a histoquímica (HE) e a imunoistoquímica (IMIQ) em tecidos de órgãos, como o baço, linfonodo e fígado. Além disso, a Reação em Cadeia pela Polimerase (PCR) das amostras de sangue e dos ...