2002
Gender Is a Major Determinant of the Clinical Evolution and Immune Response in Hamsters Infected with Leishmania spp
Travi BL, Osorio Y, Melby PC, Chandrasekar B, Arteaga L, Saravia NG. Gender Is a Major Determinant of the Clinical Evolution and Immune Response in Hamsters Infected with Leishmania spp. Infection And Immunity 2002, 70: 2288-2296. PMID: 11953362, PMCID: PMC127932, DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.5.2288-2296.2002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale animalsGender-related differencesMale animalsImmune responseInterleukin-4Lesion sizeDistant cutaneous sitesPermissive immune responsePrepubertal male animalsSevere cutaneous lesionsSex hormone statusLeishmania sppTGF-beta mRNASeverity of diseaseAdult male animalsGreater lesion sizeGrowth factor betaGreater parasite burdenIntralesional expressionCutaneous sitesIL-10Lymph nodesChronic lesionsClinical evolutionCutaneous infections
1991
Metastatic capability of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in golden hamsters.
Martinez J, Travi B, Valencia A, Saravia N. Metastatic capability of Leishmania (Viannia) panamensis and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in golden hamsters. Journal Of Parasitology 1991, 77: 762-8. PMID: 1919926, DOI: 10.2307/3282713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous metastatic lesionsMetastatic lesionsFrequency of isolationLymph nodesL. panamensisL. guyanensisLeishmania panamensisLeishmania guyanensisGolden hamstersDistant lymph nodesCutaneous metastasesPrimary lesionLymphatic disseminationExperimental infectionLesionsMetastatic capabilityHuman casesTissue samplesHamstersParasite culturesSandfly vectorNineteen strainsInoculation siteGuyanensisInoculum dose
1988
Behavior of Leishmania braziliensis s.l. in golden hamsters: evolution of the infection under different experimental conditions.
Travi B, Rey-Ladino J, Saravia N. Behavior of Leishmania braziliensis s.l. in golden hamsters: evolution of the infection under different experimental conditions. Journal Of Parasitology 1988, 74: 1059-62. PMID: 3193329, DOI: 10.2307/3282237.Peer-Reviewed Original Research