Leishmania tropica (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) - A perplexing parasite

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-250

  Jacobson, Raymond L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania tropica; Phlebotomus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0742285112     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.042     Document Type: Review

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