The efficacy of ivermectin against laboratory strains of Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-442

  Njoroge, Joyce M ^a   Scott, Marilyn E ^a   Jalili, Farzaneh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

drug selection; efficacy; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; ivermectin; nematode; resistance

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; LD 50; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; MICE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; SERIAL PASSAGE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030994605     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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