Prevention of Schistosoma japonicum infection in mice with long-acting praziquantel implants

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-447

  Lei, Lei ^a   Cheng, Liang ^b   Hou, Jingwen ^a   Guo, Shengrong ^a   Zhu, Chuangang ^c   Shi, Yaojun ^c   Jiang, Yan ^c   Lin, Jiaojiao ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Implant; Infection prevention; Praziquantel; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG IMPLANT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RELEASE; FEMALE; HATCHLING; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MIRACIDIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRAZIQUANTEL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 84864069435     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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