First insight into the effect of single oral dose therapy with artemisinin-naphthoquine phosphate combination in a mouse model of Schistosoma mansoni infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 521-530

  El Beshbishi, Samar N ^a   Taman, Amira ^a   El Malky, Mohamed ^a,b   Azab, Manar S ^a   El Hawary, Amira K ^a   El Tantawy, Dina A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Histopathological study; Naphthoquine phosphate; Praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ PLUS NAPHTHOQUINONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTITREMATODAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTEMISININS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITE LOAD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84877119551     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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