Susceptibility of Ugandan Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolated from man and animal reservoirs to diminazene, isometamidium and melarsoprol

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Matovu, Enoch ^a,b   Iten, Monika ^b   Enyaru, John C K ^a   Schmid, Cecile ^b   Lubega, George W ^c   Brun, Reto ^b   Kaminsky, Ronald ^b  

^a Livestock Health Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

animal reservoir; drug resistance; drug susceptibility; T. b. rhodesiense; Trypanosoma brucei spp.

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; ISOMETAMIDIUM; ISOMETAMIDIUM CHLORIDE; MELARSOPROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0031014731     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-122.x     Document Type: Article

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