A transmission electron microscope study on the route of entry of triclabendazole into the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-870

  Toner, E ^a   Brennan, G P ^a   McConvery, F ^a   Meaney, M ^a   Fairweather, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine serum albumin; Drug uptake; Fasciola hepatica; Ligature; Red blood cells; Transmission electron microscopy; Triclabendazole

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGUMENT; INTESTINE; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN CELL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

BOVINAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 77953325404     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991247     Document Type: Article

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