Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica: I the in vitro effects of an immunomodulator, S2-Complex

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-54

  Al Mulla Hummadi, Yassir M ^a   Najim, Rafid A ^a   Al Bashir, Nada M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Amastigotes; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Mice; Promastigotes; S 2 Complex

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; COPPER CHLORIDE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NICOTINAMIDE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOMODULATION; INCUBATION TIME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BCG VACCINE; COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NIACINAMIDE; STARCH;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 23044476666     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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