Low-cost liquid medium for in vitro cultivation of Leishmania parasites in low-income countries

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tasew, Geremew ^a,b   Kebede, Amha ^a   Wolday, Dawit ^a   Gadisa, Endalamaw ^c   Britton, Sven ^d   Eidsmo, Liv ^b,d   Akuffo, Hannah ^b  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leishmania culture; Liquid medium; Low income countries; Urine

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957791161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2046     Document Type: Article

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