In vitro promastigote fitness of putative Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis/Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana hybrids

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Torrico, M C ^a,b   De Doncker, S ^a   Arevalo, J ^c   Le Ray, D ^a   Dujardin, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Growth characteristics; Hybrids; Leishmania; Peru

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; PHENOTYPE; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PERU;

EID: 0032926675     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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