The entry of ivermectin and suramin into Onchocerca ochengi nodules

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 393-401

  Cross, H F ^a,b   Bronsvoort, B M ^a,b   Wahl, G ^c   Renz, A ^c   Achu Kwi, D ^d   Trees, A J ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Ctr Rech Zootechniques V   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CARBON 14; IVERMECTIN; SURAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKIN NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030807552     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813154     Document Type: Article

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