Glucose Absorption by the Bacillary Band of Trichuris muris.

• Main Authors: Tina V A Hansen (Author), Michael Hansen (Author), Peter Nejsum (Author), Helena Mejer (Author), Matthew Denwood (Author), Stig M Thamsborg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:A common characteristic of Trichuris spp. infections in humans and animals is the variable but low efficacy of single-dose benzimidazoles currently used in mass drug administration programmes against human trichuriasis. The bacillary band, a specialised morphological structure of Trichuri...