Genetic causes involved in Leishmania chagasi infection in northeastern Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Feitosa, Mary Furlan ^a   Azevêdo, Eliane ^b   Lima, Ângela Maria ^b   Krieger, Henrique ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RECESSIVE GENE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 0345188796     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571999000100001     Document Type: Article

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