Measuring the killing of intracellular pathogens: Leishmania

Current Protocols in Immunology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.93, 2011, Pages

  Stenger, S ^a   van Zandbergen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Infection; Killing assay; Leishmania; Macrophages; Phagocytes

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; DILUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

EID: 80054099381     PISSN: 19343671     EISSN: 1934368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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