In vitro action of antiparasitic drugs, especially artesunate, against Toxoplasma gondii

INTRODUCTION: Toxoplasmosis is usually a benign infection, except in the event of ocular, central nervous system (CNS), or congenital disease and particularly when the patient is immunocompromised. Treatment consists of drugs that frequently cause adverse effects; thus, newer, more effective drugs a...

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Main Authors: Thaís Cobellis Gomes, Heitor Franco de Andrade Júnior, Susana Angélica Zevallos Lescano, Vicente Amato-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000400014&lng=en&tlng=en