Evaluation of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) as a topical agent for preventing skin penetration by cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 828-834

  Salafsky, Buz ^a,b   Ramaswamy, Kalyanasundaram ^a   He, Yi Xun ^a   Anderson, Gary L ^a   Nowicki, Diane K ^a   Shibuya, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CEDEROL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE TARGETING; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKIN PENETRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031802442     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.828     Document Type: Article

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