A lipophosphoglycan-independent development of Leishmania in permissive sand flies

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-324

  Myskova, Jitka ^a   Svobodova, Milena ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^b   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Parasite transmission; Trypanosomatid protozoan

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; LIPHOSPHOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECT; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33847366730     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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