Distinct ultrastructural aspects in different biopsies of a single patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

The authors investigated the relation between parasites and host-cells in active and regressed lesions of a patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, evaluating the frequency of different cell types, and the location and integrity of amastigotes. No correlation was found between parasite integri...

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Main Authors: Achilea Lisboa Bittencourt, Luiz Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas, Margarida L. Pompeu, Maria Lucia Vieira, Aldina Barral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1990-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761990000100008