The Role of Efflux Pumps in Schistosoma mansoni Praziquantel Resistant Phenotype

António Pinto-Almeida; Tiago Mendes; Ana Armada; Silvana Belo; Emanuel Carrilho; Miguel Viveiros; Ana Afonso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140147

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The Role of Efflux Pumps in Schistosoma mansoni Praziquantel Resistant Phenotype

António Pinto-Almeida ,

Contributed equally to this work with: António Pinto-Almeida, Tiago Mendes

Affiliations Graduate Program in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Medical Parasitology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Química de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Tiago Mendes ,

Contributed equally to this work with: António Pinto-Almeida, Tiago Mendes

Affiliations Medical Parasitology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal, Institute of Biology, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Ana Armada,

Affiliation Medical Microbiology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal
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Silvana Belo,

Affiliation Medical Parasitology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal
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Emanuel Carrilho,

Affiliation Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Química de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Miguel Viveiros,

Affiliation Medical Microbiology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal
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Ana Afonso

* E-mail: anaafonso74@hotmail.com

Affiliations Medical Parasitology Unit, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon, Portugal, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Química de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, Laboratory of Parasitology, Departamento de Morfologia e Patologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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The Role of Efflux Pumps in Schistosoma mansoni Praziquantel Resistant Phenotype

António Pinto-Almeida,
Tiago Mendes,
Ana Armada,
Silvana Belo,
Emanuel Carrilho,
Miguel Viveiros,
Ana Afonso

Published: October 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140147

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