Therapeutic efficacy of atovaquone against the bovine intraerythrocytic parasite, Babesia divergens

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-310

  Pudney, Mary ^a   Gray, Jeremy S ^a,b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIDOCARB; QUININE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; GERBILLINAE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARASITEMIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030958076     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284461     Document Type: Article

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