Molecular evidence for apoptosis in microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti induced by diethylcarbamazine

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-721

  Peixoto, C A ^a,b   Santos, A C O ^c   Ayres, C F J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Tecnologias Estrategicas Do Nordeste   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FILARIASIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICK END LABELING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, HELMINTH; FILARICIDES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 46749089567     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1020-6     Document Type: Article

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