In vitro maintenance of Leishmania amastigotes directly from lesions: Advantages and limitations

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 953-956

  Hodgkinson, V H ^b   Soong, Lynn ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN INFECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030830845     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284297     Document Type: Article

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