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Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. cam...

Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. cam...

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Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. camara against Onchocerca ochengi and Loa loa

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Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. camara against Onchocerca ochengi and Loa loa

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018-06, Vol.12 (6), p.e0006565

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Ivermectin is the only drug currently recommended for the treatment of onchocerciasis, the second leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. This drug kills only the first stage larvae-microfilariae (mf) of Onchocerca volvulus and is to be used cautiously in areas where Loa loa is prevalent because of severe adverse events observed with co...

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Full title

Filaricidal properties of Lantana camara and Tamarindus indica extracts, and Lantadene A from L. camara against Onchocerca ochengi and Loa loa

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2070853806

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2070853806

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ISSN

1935-2735,1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0006565

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