title: Standardization of Leishmania dovovani parasite inoculum dose and route of challenge for use in infectivity studies: is it necessary?
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mbati
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D012377:Rodentia