Final comments on an interesting taxonomic dilemma: Leishmania infantum versus Leishmania infantum chagasi

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 929-930

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 33846340798     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000800018     Document Type: Letter

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