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In vitro assessment of isometamidium chloride susceptibility ofTrypanosoma vivax bloodstream forms

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  1. Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, P.O. Box 362, Kikuyu, Kenya

    E. Zweygarth & M. A. Gray

  2. Institut für Parasitologie und Tropenveterinärmedizin, Freie Universität, W-1000, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Zweygarth

  3. International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya

    R. Kaminsky

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Zweygarth, E., Kaminsky, R. & Gray, M.A. In vitro assessment of isometamidium chloride susceptibility ofTrypanosoma vivax bloodstream forms. Parasitol Res 77, 714–716 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928688

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Keywords

  • Chloride
  • Bloodstream Form
  • Isometamidium Chloride

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