New Insights into Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis: Real-time in Vivo Imaging of Leishmania Donovani Virulence

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2017 Sep 26

PMID 28945751

Citations 12

Authors

Guilherme D Melo

Sophie Goyard

Herve Lecoeur

Eline Rouault

Pascale Pescher

Laurence Fiette

Alexandre Boissonnas

Paola Minoprio

Thierry Lang

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Abstract

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov 2013-0047.

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