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Larvicidal effect of flubendazole on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in mice with various worm burdens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Jun Maki  and
Toshio Yanagisawa
Jun Maki
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-Ken, 228, Japan
Toshio Yanagisawa
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-Ken, 228, Japan
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Abstract

Flubendazole given orally at 50mg kg to mice inoculated with 50, 250 or 500 larvae of Angiostrongylus cantonensis showed almost complete larvicidal effect, irrespective of the worm burden.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , December 1985 , pp. 301 - 302
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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