Isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania isolated from human cases with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis from the State of Campeche, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Canto Lara, Silvia B ^a   Cardenas Maruffo, Maria F ^a   Vargas Gonzalez, Alberto ^a   Andrade Narvaez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; NUCLEOSIDASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE ISOLATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031944064     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.444     Document Type: Article

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