Leishmania sand fly interaction: progress and challenges

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Bates, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KINESIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

CHEMOTAXIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLAGELLUM; HEMOFLAGELLATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIFE CYCLE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE VECTORS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEISHMANIA; LOCOMOTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

MAMMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 48749108690     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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