In vitro and in vivo behaviour of sympatric Leishmania (V.) braziliensis, L. (V.) peruviana and their hybrids

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-199

  Cortes, Sofia ^a   Esteves, Carina ^a   Maurício, Isabel ^a,b   Maia, Carla ^a   Cristovão, José Manuel ^a   Miles, Michael ^b   Campino, Lenea ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hybrids; in vivo behaviour; Leishmania (Viannia); phenotype

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROWTH RATE; HAMSTER; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; VIANNIA;

EID: 84856917398     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001909     Document Type: Article

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