Silva-Pedrosa R
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Biography
Silva-Pedrosa R is currently pursuing Masters in Biomedical Sciences at the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal. In 2012, she has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Health Science by the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (ISCSEM), Lisbon, Portugal. She did a three-month Traineeship program in the Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentaledella Sicilia, Italy and has obtained experience in human and animal leishmaniasis.
Abstract
Abstract : Host immunocompetence influences the activation of neutrophils when exposed to Leishmania spp.