Fasciola hepatica: Tegumental alterations in adult flukes following in vitro and in vivo administration of artesunate and artemether

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-237

  Keiser, Jennifer ^a   Morson, Gianni ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artesunate; Fasciola hepatica; Food borne trematodiasis; In vitro studies; In vivo studies; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; HEMIN; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTEGUMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN EXFOLIATION; TREMATODE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIPLATYHELMINTIC AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SESQUITERPENES;

ARTESUNATE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; RATTUS;

EID: 37449020321     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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