Selective activity of extracts of <it>Margaritaria discoidea </it>and <it>Homalium africanum </it>on <it>Onchocerca ochengi</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The current treatment of onchocerciasis relies on the use of ivermectin which is only microfilaricidal and for which resistant parasite strains of veterinary importance are increasingly being detected. In the search for novel filaric...
Main Authors: | Nyongbela Kennedy D, Ngemenya Moses N, Abongwa Melanie, Cho-Ngwa Fidelis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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Series: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/10/62 |
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