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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice
K Katakura1, S Saito, A Hamada
1Department of Parasitology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Infection and Immunity
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis showed progressive development of ulcerative skin lesions. However, no significant differences between the W/Wv mice and the normal littermates with respect to size of the lesions, anti-Leishmania immunoglobulin E antibody, and the number of eosinophils accumulated in the lesions were observed.