Leishmania tropica experimental infection in the rat using luciferase-transfected parasites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Talmi Frank, Dalit ^a   Jaffe, Charles L ^b   Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed ^b,c   Baneth, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Leishmania tropica; Luciferase; Rat; Visceralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PGE2R GENE; PROMASTIGOTE; RAT; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LUCIFERASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84860675680     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.035     Document Type: Article

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