Efficacies of zinc-finger-active drugs against Giardia lamblia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1488-1492

  Nash, Theodore ^a   Rice, William G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; METRONIDAZOLE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031860825     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.6.1488     Document Type: Article

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