Preservation of Leishmania donovani promastigotes in blood agar slants

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Muniaraj, M ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Narayan, S ^a   Singh, D ^a   Sinha, P K ^a   Kishore, K ^a   Das, P ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood agar slants; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Preservation; Promastigotes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION; FREEZE DRYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33750549070     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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