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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...
Autores principales: | Cho-Ngwa, Fidelis, Monya, Elvis, Azantsa, Boris K., Manfo, Faustin Pascal T., Babiaka, Smith B., Mbah, James A., Samje, Moses |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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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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