In vitro promastigote fitness of putative Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis/Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana hybrids.

doi:10.1016/s0001-706x(98)00076-x

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In vitro promastigote fitness of putative Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis/Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana hybrids.

Acta tropica - 15 Jan 1999

Torrico M C, De Doncker S, Arevalo J, Le Ray D, Dujardin J C

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In order to initiate studies on the phenotypic properties of hybrids vs. their putative parents, the in vitro growth behaviour of promastigotes was compared for 15 stocks characterised as Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana and putative hybrids (isolated from the Eas...

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Animals
Genotype
Humans
Hybridization, Genetic
Leishmania
Leishmania braziliensis
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Peru

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