Luciferase-Expressing Leishmania infantum Allows the Monitoring of Amastigote Population Size, In Vivo, Ex Vivo and In Vitro

Grégory Michel; Bernard Ferrua; Thierry Lang; Madhavi P. Maddugoda; Patrick Munro; Christelle Pomares; Emmanuel Lemichez; Pierre Marty

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001323

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Luciferase-Expressing Leishmania infantum Allows the Monitoring of Amastigote Population Size, In Vivo, Ex Vivo and In Vitro

Grégory Michel ,

* E-mail: gmichel@unice.fr

Affiliations Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Nice, France
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Bernard Ferrua,

Affiliations Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France, Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France
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Thierry Lang,

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Département de Parasitologie, Immunophysiologie et Parasitisme Intracellulaire, Paris, France
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Madhavi P. Maddugoda,

Affiliation Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France
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Patrick Munro,

Affiliation Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France
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Christelle Pomares,

Affiliations Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France, Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Nice, France
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Emmanuel Lemichez,

Affiliation Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France
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Pierre Marty

Affiliations Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France, Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, INSERM U895, C3M, BP 2 3194, Nice, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Nice, France
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Luciferase-Expressing Leishmania infantum Allows the Monitoring of Amastigote Population Size, In Vivo, Ex Vivo and In Vitro

Grégory Michel,
Bernard Ferrua,
Thierry Lang,
Madhavi P. Maddugoda,
Patrick Munro,
Christelle Pomares,
Emmanuel Lemichez,
Pierre Marty

Published: September 13, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001323

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