Effect of the in vivo activity of dihydroartemisinin against Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1727-1732

  Li, Hong Jun ^a,b   Wang, Wei ^a,b   Qu, Guo Li ^a,b   Li, You Zi ^a,b   Tao, Yong Hui ^a,b   Xing, Yun Tian ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Ting ^a,b   Dai, Yang ^a,b   Wei, Jian Ying ^a,b   Dai, Jian Rong ^a,b   Coles, Gerald C ^c   Liang, You Sheng ^a,b  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROARTEMISININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WORM INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMISININS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MICE; PARASITE LOAD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTESUNATE; MUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84863474441     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2692-x     Document Type: Article

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