The effect of ivermectin alone and in combination with cobicistat or elacridar in experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice

Abstract Schistosoma mansoni is less susceptible to the antiparasitic drug ivermectin than other helminths. By inhibiting the P-glycoprotein or cytochrome P450 3A in mice host or parasites in a murine model, we aimed at increasing the sensitivity of S. mansoni to the drug and thus preventing infecti...

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Main Authors: Belén Vicente, Julio López-Abán, Juliane Chaccour, Juan Hernández-Goenaga, Patricia Nicolas, Pedro Fernández-Soto, Antonio Muro, Carlos Chaccour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84009-y