Setaria equina: In vivo effect of diethylcarbamazine citrate on microfilariae in albino rats

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-610

  El Shahawi, G A ^a   Abdel Latif, M ^a   Saad, A H ^b   Bahgat, M ^c  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Diethylcarbamazine citrate; Experimental infection; Organs; Setaria equina

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; KUPFFER CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SETARIA; SETARIA EQUINA; SETARIASIS; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EQUIDAE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROFILARIA; RATS; SETARIA NEMATODE; SETARIASIS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SETARIA EQUINA;

EID: 79960867367     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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