Influence of the inoculation route in BALB/c mice infected by Leishmania infantum

Acta Tropica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Rolão, Nuno ^a   Melo, Cláudia ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a  

^a Unidade de Leishmanioses/Centro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inoculation route; Leishmania; Mice

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 1642524245     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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