| characterization of a leishmania isolate from the rodent host neotoma micropus collected in texas and comparison with human isolates. | we report the biological and biochemical parameters of leishmania parasites (mneo/us/90/wr972) isolated from a rodent host, neotoma micropus, collected in texas. footpad inoculations of wr972 promastigotes into balb/c mice and syrian hamsters resulted in ulcerating lesions six and eight weeks post-inoculation, respectively. using monoclonal antibody-stained touch preparations, amastigotes were found in the liver of both laboratory hosts. infection of j774 macrophages with wr972 promastigotes sup ... | 1991 | 1763798 |
| dermal leishmaniasis in a texas cat. | leishmaniasis was diagnosed by demonstrating amastigotes of leishmania from dermal lesions on the ear of a male long-haired domestic cat from uvalde, texas. leishmania from the cat were propagated in syrian hamsters, bovine macrophages, and in nnn medium. the organism, in the l. mexicana complex, is apparently the same as that reported from recent human cases in the same area. | 1986 | 3789264 |
| choclo virus infection in the syrian golden hamster. | andes virus and choclo virus are agents of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. andes virus in hamsters almost always causes a disease that is pathologically indistinguishable from fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. the purpose of this study was to assess the pathogenicity of choclo virus in hamsters. none of 18 hamsters infected with choclo virus exhibited any symptom of disease. no evidence of inflammation or edema was found in the lungs of the 10 animals killed on days 7, 9, 11, 13, and 16 post-i ... | 2008 | 18385367 |