Utilization of computer processed high definition video imaging for measuring motility of microscopic nematode stages on a quantitative scale: "The Worminator"

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-243

  Storey, Bob ^a   Marcellino, Chris ^c,d   Miller, Melissa ^a   Maclean, Mary ^a   Mostafa, Eman ^a,b   Howell, Sue ^a   Sakanari, Judy ^c   Wolstenholme, Adrian ^a   Kaplan, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c University of California at San Francisco   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Brugia malayi; Dirofilaria immitis; Microfilaria; Motility measurement; Trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

DORAMECTIN; IVERMECTIN; MORANTEL; MOXIDECTIN; OXANTEL; PYRANTEL;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84916879155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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