Anti-leishmanial activities of selenium nanoparticles and selenium dioxide on Leishmania infantum

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-20

  Soflaei, Saied ^a   Dalimi, Abdolhossein ^a   Abdoli, Amir ^a   Kamali, Mahdi ^b   Nasiri, Vahid ^a   Shakibaie, Mojtaba ^c   Tat, Mahdi ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti leishmanial activities; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Selenium dioxide; Selenium nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892445312     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-012-1561-z     Document Type: Article

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