Differential effects of diethylcarbamazine, tetracycline and the combination on Brugia pahangi adult females in vitro

Parasitology International

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Gunawardena, Nipul Kithsiri ^a,e   Fujimaki, Yasunori ^a   Aoki, Yoshiki ^a   Mishima, Noriko ^b   Ezaki, Takayuki ^b   Uni, Shigehiko ^c   Kimura, Eisaku ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Brugia pahangi; Diethylcarbamazine; Embryogram; Tetracycline; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFILARIA; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CULTURE MEDIA; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; MICROFILARIA; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; SYMBIOSIS; TETRACYCLINE; WOLBACHIA;

BRUGIA PAHANGI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 24744441888     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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