Contribution to the pathogenesis of central nervous system lesions in dogs naturally afected with visceral leishmaniasis

• Grant number: 09/12535-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: March 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Mary Marcondes
• Grantee: Tatianna Frate Schwardt de Nardo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araçatuba. Araçatuba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the present study is search for the presence of Leishmania sp., imunoglobulins, TCD4+, CD8+, CD21+, CD25+ and CD79+ cells and macrophages in central nervous system tissue from naturally infected dogs. For this purpose, the study will be carried out with a group of 20 naturally infected dogs without neurological symptoms, and with another group composed from all dogs directed to the Veterinary Hospital , infected, with neurological symptoms, during the period of December 2009 untill july 2010.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

NARDO, Tatianna Frate Schwardt de. Contribuição ao estudo da patogenia das lesões no encéfalo de cães naturalmente acometidos por Leishmaniose visceral. 2011. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária. Araçatuba Araçatuba.