Recent investigations of artemether, a novel agent for the prevention of schistosomiasis japonica, mansoni and haematobia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-181

  Shuhua, Xiao ^a,b   Tanner, Marcel ^b   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,d   Chollet, Jacques ^b   Bergquist, Robert ^e   Minggang, Chen ^a   Jiang, Zheng ^a  

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

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artemether; Combined treatment; Risk for resistance development; Schistosomiasis; Toxicity studies

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PARASITIC DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WORM INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SESQUITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; HAEMATOBIA; JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0036103409     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00009-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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