Comparison of microscopy and alamar blue reduction in a larval based assay for schistosome drug screening

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Mansour, Nuha R ^a   Bickle, Quentin D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10 [2 (DIETHYLAMINO)ETHYL] 9(10H) ACRIDINONE (2 THIAZOLIDINYLIDENE)HYDRAZONE; CLONAZEPAM; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; MECLONAZEPAM; OLTIPRAZ; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; RESAZURIN; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ALAMAR BLUE REDUCTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STAINING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; OXAZINES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STAINING AND LABELING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; XANTHENES;

EID: 78149266039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000795     Document Type: Article

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