Ultrastructural analysis of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti obtained from persistent carriers after repeated courses of diethylcarbamazine

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 659-664

  Alves, L C ^a,b,c,e,f   Cavalcanti, M G S ^a,d,e,f   Araujo H R C ^a,b   Silva, G M ^a,b   Veras, D L ^a,b   Paiva, M H S ^g   Brayner, F A ^a,b,e,f  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^e Faculdade São Miguel   (Brazil)

^f Faculdade de Ciências Humanas de Olinda FACHO   (Brazil)

^g Associacao Caruaruense de Ensino Superior   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggressive DEC therapy; Antigenemia; Microfilariae of W. bancrofti; Ultrastructural analysis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE DEC THERAPY; ANTIGENEMIA; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL MANIFESTATION; IN-CONTROL; IN-VITRO; LOW LEVEL; MICROFILARIAE OF W. BANCROFTI; SINGLE-DOSE; ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS;

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 67349183193     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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