Brugia malayi infection in ferrets - A small mammal model of lymphatic filariasis.

• Glavni autori: Belinda M Jackson-Thompson (Autor), So Young Kim (Autor), Shalini Jaiswal (Autor), Jessica R Scott (Autor), Scott R Jones (Autor), C Paul Morris (Autor), J Judd Fite (Autor), Karen Laurie (Autor), Andrew R Hoy (Autor), Bernard J Dardzinski (Autor), Edward Mitre (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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The lack of effective short-course therapies for treatment of the adult stage of filarial worms is a major limitation in the global effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. Studies using current small mammal models of lymphatic filariasis are limited by difficulties in quantifying adult worm number...