The role of free-living pathogenic amoeba in the transmission of leprosy: a proof of principle

Leprosy Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-409

  Lahiri, Ramanuj ^a   Krahenbuhl, James L ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPROSY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUDE MOUSE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; LEPROSY; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 63049137142     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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