Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Dorsal Skin of Hamsters: a Useful Model for the Screening of Antileishmanial Drugs

ABSTRACT: Traditionally, hamsters are experimentally inoculated in the snout or the footpad. However in these sites an ulcer not always occurs, measurement of lesion size is a hard procedure and animals show difficulty to eat, breathe and move because of the lesion. In order to optimize the hamster...

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Autores:

Robledo Restrepo, Sara María
Carrillo Bonilla, Lina María
Rodríguez, Berardo de Jesús
Daza Figueredo, Juan Alejandro
Restrepo Agudelo, Adriana María
Muñoz Herrera, Diana Lorena
Tobón Peña, Jairo Andrés
Murillo Arroyave, Javier Darío
López Arias, Anderson
Ríos Úsuga, Carolina
Mesa Castro, Carol Vanesa
Yulieth Alexandra, Upegui Zapata
Valencia Tobón, Alejandro
Mondragón Shem, Karina
Vélez Bernal, Iván Darío

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2012

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/33383

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/33383

Palabra clave:

Antiprotozoarios
Antiprotozoal Agents
Leishmaniasis Cutánea
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Cricetinae
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad
Disease Models, Animal
Leishmania - crecimiento y desarrollo
Leishmania - growth and development
Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
Mesocricetus

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openAccess

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/