Identification of a misleading trypanosomatid parasite from Gerbillus pyramidum and G. andersoni in a Leishmania major endemic area in north Sinai

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 400-404

  Mikhail, E M ^a,b   Mansour, N S ^a   Mohareb, E W ^a   Francies, W M ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GERBIL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GERBILLINAE; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RODENT DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0029973782     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284075     Document Type: Article

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