Activity of Oxantel Pamoate Monotherapy and Combination Chemotherapy against Trichuris muris and Hookworms: Revival of an Old Drug

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Keiser, Jennifer ^a,b   Tritten, Lucienne ^a,b   Silbereisen, Angelika ^a,b   Speich, Benjamin ^a,b   Adelfio, Roberto ^a,b   Vargas, Mireille ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; OXANTEL EMBONATE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; IC 50; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS MURIS; WORM EXPULSION;

EID: 84875546488     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002119     Document Type: Article

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