Histopathological changes in juvenile Schistosoma haematobium harboured in hamsters treated with artemether

Acta Tropica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-141

  Yuanqing, Yang ^a   Shuhua, Xiao ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^b   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Chollet, Jacques ^b   Jiadong, Wu ^a   Jian, Guo ^a  

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

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemether; Histopathology; Light microscopy; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomulae

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ARTEMISININS; CRICETINAE; LIVER; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SESQUITERPENES;

CRICETINAE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0035947477     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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