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. 1983 Apr;40(1):411–416. doi: 10.1128/iai.40.1.411-416.1983

Interaction of Leishmania donovani Promastigotes with Human Phagocytes

Richard D Pearson 1, James A Sullivan 1, Denise Roberts 1, Roseann Romito 1, Gerald L Mandell 1
PMCID: PMC264862  PMID: 6832834

Abstract

Leishmania donovani is an important intracellular protozoal pathogen of humans, which resides solely within mononuclear phagocytes. Phase-contrast microscopy and cinemicroscopy were used to examine the interaction of L. donovani promastigotes with human phagocytes to characterize and quantitate the sequence of events that results in leishmanial infection.

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