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Gabriela Eastham1, Dane Fausnacht2, Matthew H Becker1

  • 1Department of Biology and Chemistry, School of Health Sciences, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, United States.

Frontiers in parasitology
|January 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

普拉西量子特 (PZQ) 是治疗疹的主要治疗方法,但对寄生虫耐药性的担忧越来越大,需要探索替代疗法. 本综述审查了支持和反对PZQ耐药性的证据,并讨论了未来的治疗策略.

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