Iso-enzymatic variability of Leishmania infantum in Spain

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Chicharro, C ^a   Jimenez M I ^a   Alvar, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345257746     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225002534     Document Type: Article

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