Quinacrine-resistant Giardia duodenalis

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-313

  Upcroft, J A ^a   Campbell, R W ^a   Upcroft, P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Furazolidone; Giardia duodenalis; Quinacrine (mepacrine, atebrine)

Indexed keywords

FURAZOLIDONE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0029881412     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000065823     Document Type: Article

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