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2016
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Immunotherapeutic effects of chitin in comparison with chitosan against Leishmania major infection.
Parasitology international
2016 Apr;65: 99-104
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Abstract
Chitin and chitosan microparticles (MPs) are important immune system stimulators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of these compounds in comparison with each other against Leishmania infection in BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania major (L. major). Female BALB/c mice were injected subcutaneously with 2×10(5) promastigotes. Chitin and/or chitosan MPs (
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