Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis growth in vitro culture relies more on folic acid availability than Leihsmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-310

  Niño, Andrea ^a   Camacho, Marcela ^b  

^a Centro Internacional de Fisica   (Colombia)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Colombia)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Replication rates

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 21044458025     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000300017     Document Type: Article

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