Interaction of Leishmania Parasites with Host Cells and its Functional Consequences

Trypanosomatid Diseases: Molecular Routes to Drug Discovery

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 103-119

  Schurigt, Uta ^a   Masic, Anita ^a   Moll, Heidrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Drug discovery; Host cell interaction; Leishmania; Life cycle; Macrophage; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886568506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527670383.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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