Characterization of Leishmania isolates from Nepalese patients with visceral leishmaniasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1361-1369

  Pandey, Kishor ^a   Yanagi, Testuo ^a   Pandey, Basu Dev ^b   Mallik, Arun Kumar ^c   Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur ^d   Kanbara, Hiroji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^c Janakpur Zonal Hospital   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICETINAE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33947366030     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0464-4     Document Type: Article

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