Gametocytocidal screen identifies novel chemical classes with Plasmodium falciparum transmission blocking activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sanders, Natalie G ^a   Sullivan, David J ^a   Mlambo, Godfree ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^a   Tripathi, Abhai K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOMENAPHTHONE; ANASTROZOLE; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; ANTIMONY TARTRATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; CETALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DITHIAZANINE IODIDE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MAPROTILINE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MELPHALAN; METHYLBENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE; PENTAMIDINE; PENTANOL; PRIMAQUINE; PYRITHIONE ZINC; PYRVINIUM EMBONATE; TILORONE; TONZONIUM BROMIDE; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IC50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ACRIDINES; ANTIMALARIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OOCYSTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84922827862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105817     Document Type: Article

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