Partial anaerobiosis induces infectivity of Leishmania infantum promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 507-509

  Méndez, Susana ^a   Fernández Pérez, Francisco José ^a   De La Fuente, Concepción ^a   Cuquerella, Montserrat ^a   Gómez Muñoz, Maria Teresa ^a   Alunda, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; INFECTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032963808     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050587     Document Type: Article

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