Dual culture method to determine the relationship of gut bacteria of sandfly (phlebotomus argentipes) with promastigotes of Leishmania donovani

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Muniaraj, M ^a   Dinesh, D S ^a   Sinha, P K ^a   Das, P ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dual culture method; Gut bacteria; Leishmania donovani; Phlebotomus argentipes; Promastigotes; Sandfly

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 55849113317     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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