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The importance of being parasiticidal… an update on drug development for the treatment of alveolar echinococcosis
The lethal disease alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by the metacestode stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Current chemotherapeutical treatment of AE relies on albendazole and mebendazole, with the caveat that these compounds are not parasiticidal. Drugs have to be taken for...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fawpar.2019.e00040 |