In vitro effects of Crotalus durissus terrificus and Bothrops jararaca venoms on Giardia duodenalis trophozoites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Shinohara, Lina ^a   De Freitas, Stella Fellipe ^a   Da Silva, Reinaldo José ^a   Guimarães, Semíramis ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFECT; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STRESS; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CELL ADHESION; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; TROPHOZOITES;

BOTHROPS JARARACA; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33344459075     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0037-3     Document Type: Article

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