aParasite counts (mean ± SD) were determined by luminometry in splenocytes isolated from hamsters at 21 days p.i. and cultured ex vivo with amphotericin B (AMB), 0.126 µg/mL or DMSO control for 48 h.b
After baseline values were obtained (30 minute period immediately before incubation in experimental solutions,100%), tissues were incubated in either physiological saline (control) or the solutions in