Transmission of visceral leishmaniasis by blood transfusion in hamsters

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1311-1315

  Palatnik De Sousa, C B ^a   Paraguai De Souza, E ^a   Gomes, E M ^a   Soares Machado, F C ^a   Luz, K G ^b   Borojevic, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Blood borne disease; Experimental visceral leishmaniasis; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 0030253013     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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