Tegumental changes in 21-day-old Schistosoma mansoni harboured in mice treated with artemether

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-348

  Xiao, Shuhua ^a   Binggui, Shen ^a   Chollet, Jacques ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artemether; Scanning electron microscopy; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomula

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TEGMENTUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034738154     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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