In vitro efficacies of nitazoxanide and other thiazolides against Neospora caninum tachyzoites reveal antiparasitic activity independent of the nitro group

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3715-3723

  Esposito, Marco ^a   Stettler, Rebecca ^a   Moores, Shelley L ^b   Pidathala, Chandrakala ^b   Müller, Norbert ^a   Stachulski, Andrew ^b   Berry, Neil G ^b   Rossignol, Jean Francois ^c   Hemphill, Andrew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Romark Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; METHYL GROUP; NITAZOXANIDE; NITROREDUCTASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; SALICYLIC ACID; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELMINTHIASIS; METHYLATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROZOITE; TACHYZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOSPORA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIAZOLES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 24144477935     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.9.3715-3723.2005     Document Type: Article

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