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Development of a preliminary in vitro drug screening assay based on a newly established culturing system for pre-adult fifth-stage Onchocerca volvulus worms
BACKGROUND: The human filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus is the causative agent of onchocerciasis (river blindness). It causes blindness in 270,000 individuals with an additional 6.5 million suffering from severe skin pathologies. Current international control programs focus on the reduction of m...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007108 |