Resistance of schistosomes to hycanthone and oxamniquine

Genetic crosses between phenotypically resistant and sensitive schistosomes demonstrated that resistance to hycanthone and oxamniquine behaves like a recessive trait, thus suggesting that resistance is due to the lack of some factor. We hypothesized that, in order to kill schistosomes, hycanthone an...

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Main Authors: Donato Cioli, Livia Pica-Mattoccia, Sydney Archer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1989-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761989000500005