Isothermal microcalorimetry, a new tool to monitor drug action against trypanosoma brucei and plasmodium falciparum

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wenzler, Tanja ^a,b   Steinhuber, Andrea ^c   Wittlin, Sergio ^a,b   Scheurer, Christian ^a,b   Brun, Reto ^a,b   Trampuz, Andrej ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; IC 50; MICROCALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; CALORIMETRY; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 84863690793     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001668     Document Type: Article

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