Human gastrointestinal nematode infections: Are new control methods required?

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 325-341

  Stepek, Gillian ^a,c   Buttle, David J ^b   Duce, Ian R ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Control; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Human; Plant cysteine proteinases; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIN; ALBENDAZOLE; ANANAIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ASCLEPAIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BROMELAIN; CALOTROPIN; CARICAIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; COMOSAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FICIN; GLYCYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; OXANTEL; PAPAIN; PIPERAZINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROCERAIN; PYRANTEL; TIABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ASCARIASIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHURIASIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748559831     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2006.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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