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Development and validation of an Onchocerca ochengi adult male worm gerbil model for macrofilaricidal drug screening
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis currently afflicts an estimated 15 million people and is the second leading infectious cause of blindness world-wide. The development of a macrofilaricide to cure the disease has been hindered by the lack of appropriate small laboratory animal models. This study therefore,...
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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/PMC6625737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31260456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007556 |