How do the macrocyclic lactones kill filarial nematode larvae?

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wolstenholme, Adrian J ^a,b   Maclean, Mary J ^a   Coates, Ruby ^a,c   McCoy, Ciaran J ^a,d   Reaves, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamate gated chloride channel; Heartworm; Ivermectin; Lymphatic filariasis; Moxidectin; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; MACROCYCLIC LACTAM;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; HUMAN; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA;

ANIMALS; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; FILARIOIDEA; HUMANS; LACTAMS, MACROCYCLIC; LARVA; ONCHOCERCA;

EID: 84975699589     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10158-016-0190-7     Document Type: Review

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