Genetic analysis of praziquantel resistance in Schistosoma mansoni

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 274-280

  Liang, You Sheng ^a,b   Dai, Jian Rong ^a   Zhu, Yin Chang ^a   Coles, Gerald C ^b   Doenhoff, Michael J ^c  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIRACIDIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0141681102     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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