Ultrastructural alterations of juvenile Schistosoma japonicum harbored in mice following mefloquine administration

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 637-644

  Xiao, Shu Hua ^a   Sun, Jun ^b   Xue, Jian ^a   Du, Xi Ling ^c   Zhang, Hao Bing ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; INTEGUMENT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MEFLOQUINE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 84857050628     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2534-x     Document Type: Article

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