Interaction of Leishmania donovani promastigotes with human phagocytes

• Published in: Infection and Immunity Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 411 - 416
• Main Authors: Pearson, R.D, Sullivan, J.A, Roberts, D, Romito, R, Mandell, G.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.04.1983
• Subjects: Animals; Attachment; Cricetinae; Humans; Invasion mechanisms; Leishmania - growth & development; Leishmania - physiology; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis, Visceral - parasitology; leukocytes; macrophages; Macrophages - parasitology; Mesocricetus; monocytes; Monocytes - parasitology; Neutrophils - parasitology; Pathogenic Mechanisms; Phagocytes - parasitology; Phagocytosis

Leishmania donovani, phase-contrast microscopy and cinemicroscopy used to evaluate dynamic interaction of promastigotes with human monocytes, monocyte-derived macrophages, and polymorphonuclear leukocytes to characterize sequence of events that results in leishmanial infection