Infectivity and virulence of Leishmania donovani promastigotes: A role for media, source, and strain of parasite

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 270-274

  Dey, Tuhina ^a   Afrin, Farhat ^a   Anam, Khairul ^a   Ali, Nahid ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Infection levels; Parasitism; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRICETINAE; DROSOPHILA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0036637983     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00369.x     Document Type: Article

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