Interaction of Leishmania donovani promastigotes with human phagocytes.
Leishmania donovani is an important intracellular protozoal pathogen of humans, which resides solely within mononuclear phagocytes. Phase-contrast microscopy and cinemicroscopy were used to examine the interaction of L. donovani promastigotes with human phagocytes to characterize and quantitate the sequence of events that results in leishmanial infection.
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000469:parasitology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000469:parasitology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009000:Monocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000469:parasitology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010587:Phagocytosis