Trypanosoma cruzi: A novel chemical class (nitrobenzofurans) active against infections of mice (Mus musculus)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Kinnamon, Kenneth E ^a,c   Poon, Bing T ^a   Hanson, William L ^b   Waits, Virginia B ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BENZNIDAZOLE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; NIFURTIMOX; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031852389     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4288     Document Type: Article

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