Photodynamic therapy for American cutaneous leishmaniasis: The efficacy of methylene blue in hamsters experimentally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

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Published in:	Experimental parasitology Vol. 128; no. 4; pp. 353 - 356
Main Authors:	Peloi, Lílian Somenci, Biondo, Carlos Eduardo Guerino, Kimura, Elza, Politi, Mario José, Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez Campana, Aristides, Sandra Mara Alessi, Dorea, Regina Coeli Cunha, Hioka, Noboru, Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01-08-2011 Elsevier
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Cricetinae Cutaneous leishmaniasis Enzyme Inhibitors - standards Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology hamsters Leishmania amazonensis Leishmania mexicana - drug effects Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - drug therapy Life cycle. Host-agent relationship. Pathogenesis Light-Emitting-Diode lymph nodes Lymph Nodes - parasitology Male Mesocricetus Methylene Blue Methylene Blue - standards Methylene Blue - therapeutic use parasite load parasitology patients Photochemotherapy - methods Photochemotherapy - standards Photodynamic Therapy Protozoa Spleen - parasitology therapeutics Cutaneous leishmaniasis Methylene Blue Photodynamic Therapy Light-Emitting-Diode Leishmania amazonensis Kinetoplastida Protozoa Rodentia Parasite Light emitting diode Vertebrata Mammalia Hamster
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