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Mefloquine—An Aminoalcohol with Promising Antischistosomal Properties in Mice

BACKGROUND: The treatment and control of schistosomiasis, an often neglected tropical disease that exacerbates poverty, depends on a single drug, praziquantel. The large-scale use of praziquantel might select for drug-resistant parasites, hence there is a need to develop new antischistosomal compoun...

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Autores principales: Keiser, Jennifer, Chollet, Jacques, Xiao, Shu-Hua, Mei, Jin-Yan, Jiao, Pei-Ying, Utzinger, Jürg, Tanner, Marcel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19125172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000350