Evaluation of two modified culture media for leishmania infantum cultivation versus different culture media

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-230

  Castelli, Germano ^a   Galante, Antonella ^a   Verde, Vincenza Lo ^a   Migliazzo, Antonella ^a   Reale, Stefano ^a   Lupo, Tiziana ^a   Piazza, Maria ^a   Vitale, Fabrizio ^a   Bruno, Federica ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; MEDIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RESEARCH WORK; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOAD; PROMASTIGOTE; RPMI PY MEDIUM; TIME; TOBIE PY MEDIUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RABBIT; STANDARDS;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; RABBITS;

EID: 84928585925     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/13-253.1     Document Type: Article

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