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Abstract
Complement has long been acknowledged as an important component of host defense to extracellular pathogens. David Mosser and Andrew Brittingham here describe how Leishmania spp, intracellular pathogens of mononuclear phagocytes, exploit the opsonic and chemotactic effects of complement to initiate infection in the mammalian host.Entities:
Year: 1996 PMID: 15275279 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)10067-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Today ISSN: 0169-4758