WormAssay: A novel computer application for whole-plate motion-based screening of macroscopic parasites

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marcellino, Chris ^a,c   Gut, Jiri ^a   Lim, K C ^a   Singh, Rahul ^b   McKerrow, James ^a   Sakanari, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IC 50; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MOTILITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; WORMASSAY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 84856565313     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001494     Document Type: Article

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