Isothermal microcalorimetry to study drugs against schistosoma mansoni

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1217-1225

  Manneck, Theresia ^a,b   Braissant, Olivier ^b   Haggenmüller, Yolanda ^a,b   Keiser, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; ISOTHERMAL MICROCALORIMETRY; MALE; MICROCALORIMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMISININS; CALORIMETRY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MEFLOQUINE; MICROSCOPY; OXAMNIQUINE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ARTESUNATE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 79953899901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02382-10     Document Type: Article

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