Fig. 2.

Parasite load in the spleen (A) and liver (B) of animals treated with UA or amphotericin B. Photomicrographs of histological sections stained by immunohistochemistry show amastigote forms (stained in dark brown) in the spleen (C, D, E and F) and liver (G, H, I and J) of the infected control group (C and G), as well as in the UA- (D, E, H, and I) or amphotericin B- (F and J) treated hamsters (400× magnification; scale bar: 10 μm). *P < 0.05 indicates statistical significance. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)