Continuous growth of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in an axenic culture system containing a low concentration of serum

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 591-595

  Yabu, Yoshisada ^a   Koide, Tatsuo ^b   Ohta, Nobuo ^a   Nose, Mitsuhiko ^b   Ogihara, Yukio ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLONING; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLONING, ORGANISM; CULTURE MEDIA; MICE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0032149371     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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