Trypanosoma congolense infection in sheep: ultrastructural changes in the skin prior to development of local skin reactions.
Date
1995-11Author
Mwangi, DM
Hopkins, J
Luckins, AG
Type
ArticleLanguage
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Events occurring in the skin of sheep prior to development of Trypanosoma congolense-induced local skin reactions (chancres) were studied using electron microscopy. Three days after infection, few trypanosomes were present in the dermal collagen. However, these parasites were more abundant 5 days after infection, and were also found in dermal lymphatics and in the connective tissue matrix between collagen bundles. Mast cells in the skin obtained 5 days after infection showed evidence of degranulation. These events may play a role during the induction phase of trypanosomal chancres
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/8644458http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33086
Citation
Vet Parasitol. 1995 Nov;60(1-2):45-52.Publisher
University of Nairobi. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.