A simple method for quantifying Leishmania in tissues of infected animals

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-82

  Lima, Hermerio C ^a,b   Bleyenberg, Julie A ^a   Titus, Richard G ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031081560     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)40010-2     Document Type: Article

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