Filaricidal activities on Onchocerca ochengi and Loa loa, toxicity and phytochemical screening of extracts of Tragia benthami and Piper umbellatum

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is the world’s second leading infectious cause of blindness. Its control is currently hampered by the lack of a macrofilaricidal drug and by severe adverse events observed when the lone recommended microfilaricide, ivermectin is administered to individuals co-infected with...

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Autores principales: Cho-Ngwa, Fidelis, Monya, Elvis, Azantsa, Boris K., Manfo, Faustin Pascal T., Babiaka, Smith B., Mbah, James A., Samje, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27576736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1319-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27576736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1319-2

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