Susceptibility or resistance of praziquantel in human schistosomiasis: A review

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1871-1877

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Li ^c   Liang, You Sheng ^a,b  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Wuxi Institute for Drug Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMOSCANATE; HYCANTHONE; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 2; OLTIPRAZ; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STRAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MRP1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMCAVBETA1 GENE; SMCAVBETA2 GENE; SMDR2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MICE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84868122341     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3151-z     Document Type: Review

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