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Resistance of schistosomes to hycanthone and oxamniquine

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 84 (supl.1), 1989
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 and oxa...