Recent laboratory investigations by Chinese workers on antischistosomal activities of praziquantel
Xiao, S.H.; Fu, S.; Ba, C.
Chinese Medical Journal 104(7): 599-606
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0366-6999 PMID: 1908765 Document Number: 385199
A review of recent investigations concerning the effects of praziquantel on Schistosoma japonicum is presented under the headings: pharmacological effects; praziquantel-host immune response interactions; stage-specific effects; effect of praziquantel enantiomers; effect of praziquantel on cercariae, ova and miracidia of S. japonicum. A review of recent investigations on Schistosoma japonicum, covering pharmacological effects, praziquantel-host immune response interactions, parasite stage-specific effects of the drug, its enantiomers, and effects of praziquantel on cercariae, ova and miracidia.Carolyn A. Brown.