In vitro stimulation of metacyclogenesis in Leishmania braziliensis, L. donovani, L. major and L. mexicana

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-309

  Zakai, H A ^a   Chance, M L ^a   Bates, P A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Differentiation; Infectivity; Leishmania spp.; Metacyclic; Promastigote

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031902841     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002382     Document Type: Article

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