Transmission electron microscopic observation on ultrastructural alterations in Schistosoma japonicum caused by mefloquine

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1179-1187

  Xiao, Shu Hua ^a   Xue, Jian ^a   Shen, Binggui ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CERCARIA (TREMATODE LARVA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WORM TEGUMENT;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

DISCOIDAE; MUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 77953285406     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1782-5     Document Type: Article

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