In vitro cultivation and characterization of axenic amastigotes of Leishmania

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-153

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Goyal, Neena ^a   Rastogi, Anil K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROMASTIGOTE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035005951     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(00)01811-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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