25 Years of the Onchocerca ochengi Model

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 966-978

  Makepeace, Benjamin L ^a   Tanya, Vincent N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cameroon Academy of Science   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

biomarkers; filariasis; macrofilaricide; vaccines; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DORAMECTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MACROFILARICIDAL AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; UMF 078; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

DERMATOPHILOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REVIEW; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULIIDAE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84994495854     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.08.013     Document Type: Review

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