Leishmania spp: Temperature sensitivity of promastigotes in vitro as a model for tropism in vivo

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 400-409

  Callahan, Heather L ^a,b   Portal, Ivanildo Franco ^a   Bensinger, Steven J ^b,c   Grogl, Max ^a,b  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 0030561044     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0128     Document Type: Article

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