Transformation, development, and transmission of axenically cultured amastigotes of Leishmania mexicana in vitro and in Lutzomyia longipalpis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-425

  Ismaeel, Abdulrahman Y ^a,b   Garmson, Jeremy C ^a   Molyneux, David H ^a   Bates, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0031658251     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.421     Document Type: Article

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