Short report: Activity of artemether and mefloquine against juvenile and adult Schistosoma mansoni in athymic and immunocompetent NMRI mice

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-114

  Keiser, Jennifer ^a   Vargas, Mireille ^a   Doenhoff, Michael J ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARTEMETHER; HYCANTHONE; MEFLOQUINE; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TOLTRAZURIL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CERCARIA (TREMATODE LARVA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; JUVENILE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUDE MOUSE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; T CELL DEPLETION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORM INFECTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 74049096175     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0461     Document Type: Article

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