Detection of benzimidazole resistance-associated mutations in the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti and evidence for selection by albendazole and ivermectin combination treatment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-238

  Schwab, Anne E ^a   Boakye, Daniel A ^b   Kyelem, Dominique ^c   Prichard, Roger K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IVERMECTIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA; VERMES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 24644471957     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.234     Document Type: Article

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