Ivermectin efficacy against Biomphalaria, intermediate host snail vectors of Schistosomiasis

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 680-684

  Katz, Naftale ^a   Araújo, Neusa ^a   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^a   Morel, Carlos Medicis ^a   Linde Arias, Ana Rosa ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^b   Horimatsu, Yuki ^b   Suzuki, Koh ^b   Sunazuka, Toshiaki ^b   Omura, Satoshi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CERCARIA; DRUG EFFICACY; GUPPY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LD50; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BIOMPHALARIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IVERMECTIN; LETHAL DOSE 50; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85018532620     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.31     Document Type: Article

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