Ultrastructural Analysis of Leishmania infantum chagasi Promastigotes Forms Treated In Vitro with Usnic Acid

Leishmaniasis is considered by the World Health Organization as one of the infectious parasitic diseases endemic of great relevance and a global public health problem. Pentavalent antimonials used for treatment of this disease are limited and new phytochemicals emerge as an alternative to existing t...

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Main Authors: João S. B. da Luz, Erwelly B. de Oliveira, Monica C. B. Martins, Nicácio H. da Silva, Luiz C. Alves, Fábio A. B. dos Santos, Luiz L. S. da Silva, Eliete C. Silva, Paloma L. de Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/617401