Why is man an unsuitable reservoir for the transmission of Leishmania major?

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 298-305

  Schlein, Yosef ^a   Jacobson, Raymond L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis; Man; Parasites; Phlebotomus papatasi; Psammomys obesus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0029954439     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0037     Document Type: Article

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