Establishment of a panel of reference Trypanosoma evansi and Trypanosoma equiperdum strains for drug screening

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-121

  Gillingwater, K ^a   Buscher P ^b   Brun, R ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Drug screening; Trypanosoma equiperdum; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

D 7770; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; MELARSAMINE; MELCY; QUINAPYRAMINE SULFATE; SURAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; IC 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STANDARD; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMELIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 34547223548     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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