Diurnal periodicity of Leishmania amastigotes in peripheral blood of Indian Kala-azar patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-360

  Saran, R ^a   Sharma, M C ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Sinha, S P ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science   (India)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Diurnal periodicity; Kala azar

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PERIODICITY; PHLEBOTOMUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 0031474155     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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