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Rapid recovery of Echinococcus granulosus following ‘successful’ albendazole therapy in a gerbil model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. H. Taylor ,
K. S. Richards  and
D. L. Morris
D. H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
K. S. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
D. L. Morris*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
*
†Author for correspondence.
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Abstract

Peritoneal Echinococcus granulosus in gerbils was treated with albendazole. Both early and late infections were studied; response to albendazole therapy and the ability of the parasite to recover after treatment was found to depend on dose and length of therapy. Even after treatment at 50 mg/kg for 2 months late infections retained the ability to recover over 3 months.

Keywords

Echinococcus granulosusalbendazolegerbilchemotherapy
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 349 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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