Short-course quinazoline drug treatments are effective in the Litomosoides sigmodontis and Brugia pahangi jird models

In conclusion, CBR417 or CBR490 are pre-clinical candidates for filarial diseases, which achieve long-term clearance of Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial nematodes, inhibit filarial embryogenesis and clear microfilaremia with treatments as short as 7 days.Graphical abstract
Source: International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance - Category: Parasitology Source Type: research