Improvement in the efficacy of existing combination of antifilarials by inclusion of tetracycline in rodent model of brugian filariasis

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-658

  Bajpai, Preeti ^a   Srivastava, Kumkum ^a   Shakya, Shilpy ^a   Saxena, Prabhu N ^b   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Antifilarials; Brugia malayi mastomys; Diethylcarbamazine; Ivermectin; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA; RODENTIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 33947590302     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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