Praziquantel efficacy in mice infected with PZQ non-susceptible S. mansoni isolate treated with artemether: Parasitological, biochemical and immunohistochemical assessment

APMIS

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 692-702

  Botros, Sanaa S ^a   Hammam, Olfat Ali ^b   Mahmoud, Madiha ^a   Bergquist, Robert ^c  

^a Giza   (Egypt)

^b Theodor Bilharz Research Institute   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ART; Bcl2; Fas; PZQ; S. mansoni; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; FAS ANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMISININS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MICE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

EID: 77955952826     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02645.x     Document Type: Article

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