| Literature DB >> 948742 |
Abstract
Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis, was grown in hamster peritoneal macrophages in vitro. By electron microscopy, using a lysosomal marker, these parasitic protozoa were seen to multiply within host cell phagolysosomes. The survival mechanism of this intracellular parasite is based apparently upon resistance to macrophage lysosomal enzymic digestion.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 948742 DOI: 10.1126/science.948742
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728