Leishmania infantum (Protozoa, Kinetoplastida): Transmission from infected patients to experimental animal under conditions that simulate needle-sharing

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-74

  Morillas Marquez, F ^a   Martin Sanchez, J ^a   Acedo Sanchez, C ^b   Pineda, J A ^c   Macias, J ^c   Sanjuan Garcia, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio Anlave   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036462246     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4678     Document Type: Article

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