UMF-078: A modified flubendazole with potent macrofilaricidal activity against Onchocerca ochengi in African cattle

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Dec Bronsvoort, Barend M ^a,e   Makepeace, Benjamin L ^a   Renz, Alfons ^b,f   Tanya, Vincent N ^c,g   Fleckenstein, Lawrence ^d   Ekale, David ^a   Trees, Alexander J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Section Coton   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DRUG METABOLITE; FLUBENDAZOLE; TETRAZOLIUM; UMF 060; UMF 078; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 64949123308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-18     Document Type: Article

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