Development of an in vitro drug screening assay using Schistosoma haematobium schistosomula

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marxer, Monika ^a,b   Ingram, Katrin ^a,b   Keiser, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alamar Blue; Biomphalaria glabrata; Bulinus truncatus; Cercarial rhythm; Chemotherapy; In vitro; Newly transformed schistosomula; Percoll; Schistosoma haematobium

Indexed keywords

ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE; METRIFONATE; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; RESAZURIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BULINUS; CERCARIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PURIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMULUM; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GLUCOSE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SNAILS;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 84864664146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-165     Document Type: Article

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