The ultrastructure of infective larvae (L3) of Wuchereria bancrofti after treatment with diethylcarbamazine

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Alves, L C ^a   Brayner, F A S ^a   Silva, L F ^a   Peixoto, C A ^a,b  

^a Depto de Biol Cel e Ultraestrut   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diethylcarbamazine; Infective larvae; Mode of action; Ultrastructure; W. bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE (DEC); INFECTIVE LARVAE (L3); ORGANELLES;

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG DOSAGE; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; PATHOGENICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 9944259202     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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