The phenomenon of treatment failures in Human African Trypanosomiasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 906-914

  Brun, Reto ^a   Schumacher, Reto ^a   Schmid, Cecile ^a   Kunz, Christina ^a   Burri, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Melarsoprol; Relapse; Treatment; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

MELARSOPROL;

DISEASE TREATMENT; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMBRYO; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MELARSOPROL; MICE; MURIDAE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0034777039     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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