Schistosoma mansoni: Maturation rate and drug susceptibility of different geographic isolates

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Fallon, P G ^a   Mubarak, J S ^b   Fookes, R E ^b   Niang, M ^c   Butterworth, A E ^a   Sturrock, R F ^d   Doenhoff, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles   (Senegal)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drug tolerance; mice; praziquantel (PZQ) oxamniquine (OX); Schistosoma mansoni; Senegal

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; KENYA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 17644439320     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4149     Document Type: Article

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