In vitro maintenance of Leishmania promastigote in an egg based biphasic culture medium

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-110

  Ali, S Atif ^a   Khalil, Nabeel Y ^a   Iqbal, Javeid ^a   Masoom Yasinzai, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Parasitic disease; Sandfly; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROWTH CURVE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROMASTIGOTE; SERUM;

EID: 0030670323     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009786915090     Document Type: Article

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