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Infectivity of the Subspecies of the Leishmania braziliensis Complex in Vivo and in Vitro
1 Dec 1990
Abstract excerpt
The infectivity of Leishmania braziliensis ssp. in relation to their growth kinetics in Senekjie's medium was determined using the human macrophage cell line U937 and inbred hamsters. In both systems, infectivity was shown to be distinctive for each subspecies. While L. b. panamensis promastigotes from 6-day-old cultures (early stationary phase) were more infective than parasites from any other culture day, L. b....
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