Population changes in leishmania chagasi promastigote developmental stages due to serial passage

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1134-1138

  Lei, Soi Meng ^a   Romine, Nathan M ^a   Beetham, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SERUM; VERTEBRATE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; LYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MESOCRICETUS; SERIAL PASSAGE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650486099     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2566.1     Document Type: Article

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