EFFICACY OF NITAZOXANIDE AGAINST Toxocara canis: LARVAL RECOVERY AND HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE IN EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED MICE

SUMMARY The efficacy of nitazoxanide (NTZ) against toxocariasis was investigated in an experimental murine model and results were compared to those obtained using mebendazole. Sixty male BALB/c mice, aged six to eight weeks-old, were divided into groups of 10 each; fifty were orally infected with 30...

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Main Authors: Susana A. Zevallos LESCANO, Sergio Vieira dos SANTOS, Jesiel Maurício Lemos ASSIS, Pedro Paulo CHIEFFI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652015000400337&lng=en&tlng=en