On the role of schistosome mating structure in the maintenance of drug resistant strains

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1207-1226

  Xu, Dashun ^a   Curtis, Jason ^b   Feng, Zhilan ^a   Minchella, Dennis J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 24944558855     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bulm.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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