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

• Автори: Belinda M Jackson-Thompson (Автор), So Young Kim (Автор), Shalini Jaiswal (Автор), Jessica R Scott (Автор), Scott R Jones (Автор), C Paul Morris (Автор), J Judd Fite (Автор), Karen Laurie (Автор), Andrew R Hoy (Автор), Bernard J Dardzinski (Автор), Edward Mitre (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: 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...