A new fluorometric method for anti-Leishmania drug screening on axenic amastigotes

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Le Pape, Patrice ^a   Pagniez, Fabrice ^a   Abdala Valencia, Hiam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Alamar Blue ; Axenic amastigote; Leishmania mexicana; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0742302442     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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