Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. camara against Onchocerca ochengi and Loa loa

BACKGROUND: Ivermectin is the only drug currently recommended for the treatment of onchocerciasis, the second leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. This drug kills only the first stage larvae—microfilariae (mf) of Onchocerca volvulus and is to be used cautiously in areas where Loa loa...

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Autores principales: Ngwewondo, Adela, Wang, Meng, Manfo, Faustin Pascal T., Samje, Moses, Ganin’s, Jessie N’kam, Ndi, Emmanuel, Andersen, Raymond J., Cho-Ngwa, Fidelis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29897908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006565

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29897908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006565

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