Leishmania chagasi/infantum: Further investigations on Leishmania tropisms in atypical cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis foci in Central America

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-219

  Campos Ponce, M ^a   Ponce, C ^c   Ponce, E ^c   Maingon, R D C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratorio Central   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Honduras; Leishmania chagasi infantum; Leishmania tropisms; Leishmania virulence factors; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HONDURAS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 14744288360     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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