Evaluation of New Leishmania Major Vaccine Against Immune Responses (Serum’s IL-17 and IL-23 and Spleen White Pulp Changes) Post Challenging with Leishmania Amastigotes in Balb/c Mice

Afshineh Latifynia^1,2*, Mohammad Javad Gharagozlou³, Ahmad Masood¹, Reza Agha Ebrahimi Samani³, Soror Charedar⁴ and Mehdi Mohebali⁴

¹Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, E-mail: alatifynia@sina.tums.as.ir

²Research Center for immunodeficiencies, Children's Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, E-mail: alatifynia@sina.tums.as.ir

³Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, E-mail: alatifynia@sina.tums.as.ir

⁴Department of Parasitology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, E-mail: alatifynia@sina.tums.as.ir

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