Infectivity of Leishmania infantum treated with amphotericin B plus Phlebotomus salivary gland in BALB/c mice

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Maia, Carla ^a   Rolão, Nuno ^a   Nunes, Mónica ^a   Campino, Lenea ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; BALB c; Leishmania infantum; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Saliva

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FUGIZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SALIVA;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350783869     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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