Studies on Stibanate unresponsive isolates of Leishmania donovani

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-508

  Bhattacharyya, Anindita ^a   Mukherjee, Mandira ^a   Duttagupta, Swadesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Leishmania donovani; Sodium stibogluconate; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROMASTIGOTE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; DRUG RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 0036738070     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705047     Document Type: Article

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