Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:52:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-03-01; Visceral leishmaniasis in humans is a chronic and fatal disease if left untreated. Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is a severe public health problem because infected animals are powerful transmitters of the parasite to humans via phlebotomine vectors. Therefore, dogs are an essential target for control meas...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:02:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-08-01; Dogs infected with Leishmania infantum have a reduced number of T lymphocytes. PD-1 (Programmed cell death 1) a new member of the B7-CD28 family that is expressed by immune cells, and its binding to PD-L1 (CD274) or PD-L2 (CD273) induces the deactivation or apoptosis of T cells. This study aimed to eval...