The therapeutic efficacy of azithromycin and nitazoxanide in the acute pig model of Cryptosporidium hominis

Sangun Lee; Melanie Harwood; Don Girouard; Marvin J. Meyers; Mary A. Campbell; Gillian Beamer; Saul Tzipori

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185906

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The therapeutic efficacy of azithromycin and nitazoxanide in the acute pig model of Cryptosporidium hominis

Sangun Lee,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Melanie Harwood,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Don Girouard,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marvin J. Meyers,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Center for World Health and Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Mary A. Campbell,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for World Health and Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Gillian Beamer,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Saul Tzipori

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: saul.tzipori@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-3856

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The therapeutic efficacy of azithromycin and nitazoxanide in the acute pig model of Cryptosporidium hominis

Sangun Lee,
Melanie Harwood,
Don Girouard,
Marvin J. Meyers,
Mary A. Campbell,
Gillian Beamer,
Saul Tzipori

Published: October 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185906

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