Macrofilaricidal activity of tetracycline against the filarial nematode Onchocerca ochengi: Elimination of Wolbachia precedes worm death and suggests a dependent relationship

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1448, 2000, Pages 1063-1069

  Langworthy, Nigel G ^a   Renz, Alfons ^b   Mackenstedt, Ute ^b   Henkle Dührsen, Kim ^c   De C Bronsvoort, Mark B ^a   Tanya, Vincent N ^d   Donnelly, Martin J ^a   Trees, Alexander J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Bernard Nocht Inst F T   (Germany)

^d Inst de Rech Agric pour le D   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Macrofilaricide; Onchocerca; Tetracycline; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FILARIA; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FILARIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0343151069     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1110     Document Type: Article

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